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Monterey Bay

Aurora – Residency

212th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Aurora
Aurora Confirmed in the catalog @264
May 21 – Dec 12, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Seven Months in Paradise

The bay held me close this year, its currents singing the songs I know by heart.

386 m
Deepest dive
12:35
Longest dive
300
Dives
Sightings
27
Days between first and last sighting
205

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 21, 202553 m12.5°C45 m
May 29, 2025442 m13.9°C121 m
Jun 14, 2025267 m14.6°C70 m
Jun 30, 2025869 m12.9°C106 m
Jul 15, 20251,172 m15.1°C386 m
Jul 19, 2025108 m15.6°C48 m
Jul 19, 202575 m15.6°C68 m
Jul 23, 2025266 m16.1°C91 m
Jul 24, 202578 m16.2°C33 m
Jul 24, 202578 m16.0°C45 m
Jul 29, 2025926 m16.3°C99 m
Jul 31, 2025143 m15.6°C115 m
Aug 8, 202570 m15.6°C28 m
Aug 9, 202569 m15.1°C45 m
Aug 9, 2025567 m15.1°C78 m
Aug 11, 2025567 m15.3°C169 m
Aug 12, 2025106 m15.2°C50 m
Aug 23, 202586 m13.6°C66 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 21, 2025 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)May 21May 29, 2025 — seafloor 442 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Jun 14, 2025 — seafloor 267 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2025 — seafloor 869 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2025 — seafloor 1,172 m (measured), deepest dive 386 m (modelled)Jul 19, 2025 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 19, 2025 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2025 — seafloor 266 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2025 — seafloor 926 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 31, 2025 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 115 m (modelled)Aug 8, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 169 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 12, 2025 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 23, 2025 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2025 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2025 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2025 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 30Sep 2, 2025 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Oct 21, 2025 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 23, 2025 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Oct 25, 2025 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Oct 25Dec 12, 2025 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)

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

Dives

386 m
Deepest dive
12:35
Longest dive
300
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
27
Sightings
205
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0200400386 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,172 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Jul 15, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
1,172 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.1°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 27 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
18 m – 1,172 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.5°C – 17.2°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 27 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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