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Monterey Bay

Jazz – Residency

89th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Jazz
Jazz Confirmed in the catalog @531
Jun 25 – Jul 19, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Canyon Water, All Summer

Cool green water, good company, another summer folded into the bay I know.

30 m
Deepest dive
1:35
Longest dive
72
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
24

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 25, 20265 m15.9°C5 m
Jul 5, 202635 m16.4°C29 m
Jul 11, 202625 m16.1°C21 m
Jul 12, 202680 m16.2°C30 m
Jul 19, 2026567 m15.9°C28 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 25, 2026 — seafloor 5 m (measured), deepest dive 5 m (modelled)Jun 25Jul 5, 2026 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 11, 2026 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 12, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 19, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 19

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

Dives

30 m
Deepest dive
1:35
Longest dive
72
Dives
12 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
24
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255030 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (80 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 · Jul 12, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.2°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
5 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.9°C – 16.4°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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