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Monterey Bay

2020-2021 calf of Miracle – Residency

18th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2020-2021 calf of Miracle
2020-2021 calf of Miracle Confirmed in the catalog @65548
Sep 28 – Oct 8, 2026 · Monterey Bay

September in the Green Water

Bait's thick, company's loud, this bay never gets old on me.

110 m
Deepest dive
4:00
Longest dive
53
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
10

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 28, 2026133 m—88 m
Sep 30, 2026144 m—110 m
Oct 8, 2026242 m—89 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 28, 2026 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Sep 28Sep 30, 2026 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 8, 2026 — seafloor 242 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Oct 8

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

Dives

110 m
Deepest dive
4:00
Longest dive
53
Dives
35 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
10
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150110 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (144 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 30, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
144 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
133 m – 242 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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