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Monterey Bay

Hopper – Residency

123rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Hopper
Hopper Confirmed in the catalog @7100
Jun 30 – Sep 17, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Sep 2025

103 m
Deepest dive
4:29
Longest dive
61
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
79

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 30, 20251,431 m12.9°C103 m
Jul 14, 202585 m13.0°C43 m
Jul 17, 202585 m15.6°C71 m
Jul 17, 202553 m15.6°C45 m
Sep 17, 2025391 m18.1°C85 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 30, 2025 — seafloor 1,431 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 14, 2025 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 17, 2025 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 17, 2025 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 17Sep 17, 2025 — seafloor 391 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Sep 17

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

Dives

103 m
Deepest dive
4:29
Longest dive
61
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
79
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150103 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,431 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 30, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
1,431 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
53 m – 1,431 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 18.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 15.0 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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