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Monterey Bay

Diablito – Residency

5th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Diablito
Diablito Confirmed in the catalog @160932
Jun 19 – Aug 29, 2026 · Monterey Bay

This Bay Is Mine

Whole summer of backs breaking around me and I still know every shape.

128 m
Deepest dive
4:45
Longest dive
71
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
71
Deepest dive on record
128 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 19, 202647 m16.9°C32 m
Jul 5, 2026141 m16.2°C128 m
Aug 15, 202653 m16.6°C34 m
Aug 24, 202698 m15.8°C80 m
Aug 29, 202668 m15.8°C53 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 19, 2026 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jun 19Jul 5, 2026 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 128 m (modelled)Jul 5Aug 15, 2026 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 24, 2026 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 29, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 29

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

128 m
Deepest dive
4:45
Longest dive
71
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
71
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150128 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (141 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Jul 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
141 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 141 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.8°C – 16.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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