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Monterey Bay

Ratchet – Residency

163rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Ratchet
Ratchet Confirmed in the catalog @7272
Aug 11 – Sep 22, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2025

75 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
47
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
42

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 11, 2025100 m15.5°C54 m
Aug 16, 2025147 m15.5°C32 m
Aug 16, 2025558 m15.6°C41 m
Sep 3, 202587 m16.9°C58 m
Sep 22, 2025235 m17.3°C75 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 11, 2025 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 16, 2025 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 16, 2025 — seafloor 558 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 16Sep 3, 2025 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 22, 2025 — seafloor 235 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Sep 22

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

Dives

75 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
47
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
42
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010075 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (235 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 22, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
235 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.3°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
87 m – 558 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.5°C – 17.3°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 8.0 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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