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Monterey Bay

162673 – Residency

3rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 162673
162673 Confirmed in the catalog @162673
Aug 27 – Oct 13, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Oct 2026

75 m
Deepest dive
2:54
Longest dive
16
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
47
Deepest dive on record
75 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 27, 202673 m16.8°C44 m
Sep 5, 2026110 m16.0°C75 m
Oct 13, 2026153 m—39 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 27, 2026 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 27Sep 5, 2026 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Sep 5Oct 13, 2026 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Oct 13

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

Dives

75 m
Deepest dive
2:54
Longest dive
16
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
47
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010075 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (110 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 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
110 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.0°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
73 m – 153 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.0°C – 16.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 3.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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