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Monterey Bay

Frosty – Residency

121st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Frosty
Frosty Confirmed in the catalog @24
Jun 10 – Sep 28, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Moss Landing, Every Summer

Krill's thick, sun's warm, Moss Landing knows my fluke by heart.

178 m
Deepest dive
5:03
Longest dive
119
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
110

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 10, 202659 m12.0°C41 m
Jul 25, 202666 m17.0°C35 m
Jul 26, 202666 m16.9°C56 m
Aug 30, 2026164 m15.4°C44 m
Sep 9, 2026106 m15.8°C58 m
Sep 25, 202664 m16.6°C44 m
Sep 26, 2026255 m16.6°C134 m
Sep 27, 2026252 m16.5°C178 m
Sep 28, 202694 m16.5°C73 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 10, 2026 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jun 10Jul 25, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 26, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 30, 2026 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 30Sep 9, 2026 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 25, 2026 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 26, 2026 — seafloor 255 m (measured), deepest dive 134 m (modelled)Sep 26Sep 27, 2026 — seafloor 252 m (measured), deepest dive 178 m (modelled)Sep 27Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 28

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

Dives

178 m
Deepest dive
5:03
Longest dive
119
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
110
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200178 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (252 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 27, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
252 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.5°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
59 m – 255 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 17.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 7.0 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.

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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