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Monterey Bay

Condor – Residency

108th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Condor
Condor Confirmed in the catalog @1941
Jun 14 – Oct 18, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Anchovy Season, Full Tilt

Cold water's up, bait's thick, company everywhere — this bay delivers.

104 m
Deepest dive
5:00
Longest dive
166
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
126

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 14, 202647 m16.1°C38 m
Jul 21, 202672 m17.3°C56 m
Jul 23, 2026567 m16.9°C69 m
Aug 5, 202670 m17.1°C61 m
Sep 10, 2026-12 m18.0°C—
Sep 18, 2026175 m15.7°C46 m
Sep 22, 2026286 m16.7°C99 m
Sep 24, 2026109 m16.8°C56 m
Sep 25, 2026189 m16.5°C70 m
Sep 26, 2026303 m16.5°C69 m
Sep 29, 2026148 m16.7°C102 m
Oct 5, 2026191 m17.8°C104 m
Oct 18, 2026195 m21.4°C82 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 14, 2026 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jun 14Jul 21, 2026 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 5, 2026 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 5Sep 10, 2026 — seafloor -12 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 18, 2026 — seafloor 175 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2026 — seafloor 286 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 24, 2026 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2026 — seafloor 189 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Sep 26, 2026 — seafloor 303 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Sep 26Sep 29, 2026 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Oct 5, 2026 — seafloor 191 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Oct 18, 2026 — seafloor 195 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Oct 18

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

Dives

104 m
Deepest dive
5:00
Longest dive
166
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
126
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150104 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (191 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 · Oct 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
191 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-12 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.7°C – 21.4°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 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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