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Monterey Bay

HW-MN0522438 – Residency

7th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of HW-MN0522438
HW-MN0522438 Confirmed in the catalog @57822
Aug 6 – Oct 16, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Green Water, Good Company

Late summer feeding off Monterey, plenty of company on my current.

184 m
Deepest dive
7:10
Longest dive
86
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
71

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 6, 2026111 m17.0°C85 m
Sep 17, 2026206 m15.6°C105 m
Sep 26, 2026567 m—78 m
Sep 30, 2026197 m—75 m
Oct 15, 2026254 m—47 m
Oct 16, 2026567 m—184 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 6, 2026 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Aug 6Sep 17, 2026 — seafloor 206 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 26, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Sep 26Sep 30, 2026 — seafloor 197 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 15, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Oct 15Oct 16, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 184 m (modelled)Oct 16

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

Dives

184 m
Deepest dive
7:10
Longest dive
86
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
71
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200184 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Oct 16, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
111 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.6°C – 17.0°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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