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Monterey Bay

Shrimp on the Barby – Residency

129th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Shrimp on the Barby
Shrimp on the Barby Confirmed in the catalog @55025
Jun 25 – Jul 14, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Bay's Green Groove

Mid-summer in my bay, shelf edge popping off, guest list packed again.

56 m
Deepest dive
2:27
Longest dive
70
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
19

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 25, 202688 m16.3°C56 m
Jun 26, 202643 m16.7°C37 m
Jun 29, 202664 m16.2°C22 m
Jun 30, 202651 m16.1°C46 m
Jul 14, 2026176 m16.7°C25 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 88 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jun 25Jun 26, 2026 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jun 26Jun 29, 2026 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jun 29Jun 30, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 14, 2026 — seafloor 176 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jul 14

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

Dives

56 m
Deepest dive
2:27
Longest dive
70
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
19
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010056 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (88 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 · Jun 25, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
88 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.3°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
43 m – 176 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.1°C – 16.7°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 11.0 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.

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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