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Monterey Bay

Condor – Residency

98th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Condor
Condor Confirmed in the catalog @1941
Apr 13 – Jul 9, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Jul 2025

106 m
Deepest dive
4:52
Longest dive
152
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
87

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 13, 202570 m12.7°C56 m
Apr 17, 2025567 m12.0°C106 m
Apr 18, 202562 m12.2°C52 m
Apr 24, 202593 m13.1°C68 m
May 2, 202578 m13.1°C56 m
Jul 4, 202556 m13.4°C50 m
Jul 7, 202537 m13.9°C34 m
Jul 9, 202559 m13.5°C50 m
Jul 9, 202563 m13.5°C58 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 13, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Apr 13Apr 17, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Apr 17Apr 18, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Apr 18Apr 24, 2025 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Apr 24May 2, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)May 2Jul 4, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 9, 2025 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 9, 2025 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 9

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

Dives

106 m
Deepest dive
4:52
Longest dive
152
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
87
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150106 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 · Apr 17, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
37 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 13.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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