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Monterey Bay

2017-2018 calf of Chin Up – Residency

47th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2017-2018 calf of Chin Up
2017-2018 calf of Chin Up Confirmed in the catalog @24707
Oct 17 – Dec 6, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Oct – Dec 2025

78 m
Deepest dive
2:43
Longest dive
76
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
50

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 17, 202553 m15.4°C48 m
Oct 20, 202581 m15.8°C49 m
Nov 7, 202536 m14.8°C32 m
Nov 23, 202581 m14.7°C45 m
Dec 5, 202586 m14.1°C78 m
Dec 6, 202579 m14.2°C45 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 17, 2025 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Oct 17Oct 20, 2025 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Oct 20Nov 7, 2025 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Nov 7Nov 23, 2025 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Nov 23Dec 5, 2025 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Dec 5Dec 6, 2025 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Dec 6

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

Dives

78 m
Deepest dive
2:43
Longest dive
76
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
50
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010078 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (86 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 · Dec 5, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
86 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
36 m – 86 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C – 15.8°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 21.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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