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Monterey Bay

The Duchess of Anchovy – Residency

20th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of The Duchess of Anchovy
The Duchess of Anchovy Confirmed in the catalog @79276
Aug 9 – 13, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug 2025

75 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
33
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
4

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 9, 202582 m—75 m
Aug 13, 202587 m—64 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 9, 2025 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 13, 2025 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 13

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

Dives

75 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
33
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
4
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 (82 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 · Aug 9, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
82 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
82 m – 87 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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