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Monterey Bay

Walter – Residency

64th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Walter
Walter Confirmed in the catalog @527
Sep 6 – Oct 9, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Monterey, My Kind of Autumn

Rolled in on a calm morning, Monterey still knows how to make my day.

140 m
Deepest dive
5:22
Longest dive
31
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
33

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 6, 2026382 m15.3°C140 m
Oct 9, 2026172 m17.7°C121 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 6, 2026 — seafloor 382 m (measured), deepest dive 140 m (modelled)Sep 6Oct 9, 2026 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Oct 9

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

Dives

140 m
Deepest dive
5:22
Longest dive
31
Dives
39 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
33
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150140 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (382 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 · Sep 6, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
382 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
172 m – 382 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 17.7°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km – 14.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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