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Monterey Bay

Soquel – Residency

61st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Soquel
Soquel Confirmed in the catalog @82408
Jun 1 – Oct 7, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Same Green Shelf, Again

Whole summer parked over the feed, surfacing whenever I pleased.

248 m
Deepest dive
7:59
Longest dive
202
Dives
Sightings
13
Days between first and last sighting
128
Deepest dive on record
248 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 1, 2026704 m12.9°C248 m
Aug 27, 2026327 m16.8°C84 m
Aug 28, 2026414 m16.6°C123 m
Aug 29, 202668 m15.8°C40 m
Aug 30, 2026168 m15.4°C108 m
Aug 31, 2026567 m15.5°C105 m
Sep 2, 202675 m15.3°C64 m
Sep 2, 2026235 m15.4°C165 m
Sep 3, 2026215 m15.3°C35 m
Oct 2, 2026254 m17.9°C114 m
Oct 3, 2026136 m18.0°C82 m
Oct 6, 2026567 m17.9°C144 m
Oct 7, 202693 m18.4°C40 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 1, 2026 — seafloor 704 m (measured), deepest dive 248 m (modelled)Jun 1Aug 27, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2026 — seafloor 414 m (measured), deepest dive 123 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 29Aug 30, 2026 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 235 m (measured), deepest dive 165 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 215 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2026 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 3, 2026 — seafloor 136 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 144 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2026 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Oct 7

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

Dives

248 m
Deepest dive
7:59
Longest dive
202
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
128
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250248 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (704 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Jun 1, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
704 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 13 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m – 704 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 18.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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