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Monterey Bay

Requiem – Residency

22nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Requiem
Requiem Confirmed in the catalog @161381
Jun 30 – Sep 30, 2026 · Monterey Bay

One Bay, Whole Summer

Never left this green water once — why would I?

281 m
Deepest dive
8:34
Longest dive
239
Dives
Sightings
23
Days between first and last sighting
92
Deepest dive on record
281 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 30, 202638 m16.2°C33 m
Jul 12, 202680 m16.2°C65 m
Jul 18, 202667 m15.4°C49 m
Jul 19, 202671 m15.8°C37 m
Jul 20, 202663 m16.1°C51 m
Jul 21, 2026144 m17.3°C105 m
Jul 22, 2026131 m17.2°C83 m
Jul 23, 2026126 m17.0°C59 m
Aug 19, 2026314 m17.5°C107 m
Aug 21, 2026103 m16.6°C63 m
Aug 22, 2026142 m17.0°C82 m
Aug 23, 2026213 m16.2°C48 m
Aug 24, 202665 m16.2°C16 m
Aug 26, 2026138 m16.8°C50 m
Aug 26, 202657 m16.8°C20 m
Aug 31, 2026129 m15.3°C45 m
Sep 2, 2026567 m15.3°C281 m
Sep 3, 2026228 m15.3°C68 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 30, 2026 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 12, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 18, 2026 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 19, 2026 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2026 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 21, 2026 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2026 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2026 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2026 — seafloor 314 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 21, 2026 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 22, 2026 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Aug 23, 2026 — seafloor 213 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 24, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 26, 2026 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2026 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2026 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 281 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 228 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2026 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2026 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2026 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 20, 2026 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Sep 30, 2026 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)

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

Dives

281 m
Deepest dive
8:34
Longest dive
239
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
23
Sightings
92
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300281 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Sep 2, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 23 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
38 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 17.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 23 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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