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Monterey Bay

Snowy Owl – Residency

285th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl Confirmed in the catalog @479
Jun 18 – Oct 14, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Foggy Water, Same Old Haunt

Summer again — same green water, same nosy boat crowd.

239 m
Deepest dive
7:12
Longest dive
302
Dives
Sightings
30
Days between first and last sighting
118

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 18, 2026680 m15.5°C61 m
Jun 25, 202688 m16.3°C17 m
Jun 26, 202689 m16.5°C62 m
Jun 30, 202678 m16.0°C64 m
Jul 5, 2026254 m16.4°C70 m
Jul 6, 202632 m16.4°C26 m
Jul 14, 202667 m17.0°C58 m
Jul 16, 202695 m16.3°C32 m
Jul 23, 202643 m17.0°C29 m
Jul 29, 2026115 m16.6°C65 m
Jul 30, 2026732 m16.7°C33 m
Aug 2, 202647 m16.8°C26 m
Aug 7, 202658 m17.5°C47 m
Aug 9, 2026109 m17.0°C95 m
Aug 18, 2026269 m17.1°C48 m
Sep 1, 202694 m15.3°C34 m
Sep 2, 2026299 m15.4°C95 m
Sep 3, 2026168 m15.3°C56 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 18, 2026 — seafloor 680 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jun 18Jun 25, 2026 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Jun 26, 2026 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jun 30, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 5, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jul 6, 2026 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 14, 2026 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2026 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2026 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2026 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2026 — seafloor 732 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 2, 2026 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2026 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2026 — seafloor 269 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2026 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 299 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2026 — seafloor 320 m (measured), deepest dive 169 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2026 — seafloor 530 m (measured), deepest dive 239 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2026 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 14, 2026 — seafloor 177 m (measured), deepest dive 162 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2026 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 29, 2026 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Sep 29Oct 3, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2026 — seafloor 409 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2026 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Oct 14, 2026 — seafloor 215 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)

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

Dives

239 m
Deepest dive
7:12
Longest dive
302
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
30
Sightings
118
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250239 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (530 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 8, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
530 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.6°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 30 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
28 m – 732 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 18.3°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 30 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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