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Monterey Bay

Bergie Bits – Residency

42nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Bergie Bits
Bergie Bits Confirmed in the catalog @59950
Jun 6 – Sep 2, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Same Shelf, New Shine

The canyon fed me twice this stretch, no complaints from these flukes.

93 m
Deepest dive
3:41
Longest dive
32
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
88

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 6, 2026567 m12.3°C93 m
Sep 2, 202676 m15.3°C68 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 6, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Jun 6Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Sep 2

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

Dives

93 m
Deepest dive
3:41
Longest dive
32
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
88
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010093 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 · Jun 6, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
76 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C – 15.3°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST 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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