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Monterey Bay

Snowy Alex – Residency

11th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Snowy Alex
Snowy Alex Confirmed in the catalog @4775
Mar 24 – Apr 27, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Canyon Edge, Right on Time

Spring feed's stacking up over the canyon and I'm right in it.

99 m
Deepest dive
4:27
Longest dive
34
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
34

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 24, 2026350 m13.5°C99 m
Apr 23, 2026108 m13.9°C59 m
Apr 27, 2026858 m13.9°C77 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 24, 2026 — seafloor 350 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Mar 24Apr 23, 2026 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Apr 23Apr 27, 2026 — seafloor 858 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Apr 27

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

Dives

99 m
Deepest dive
4:27
Longest dive
34
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
34
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010099 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (350 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 · Mar 24, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
350 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C
Distance from shore
18.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
108 m – 858 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C – 13.9°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 18.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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