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Monterey Bay

HW-MN0502714 – Residency

3rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of HW-MN0502714
HW-MN0502714 Confirmed in the catalog @82426
Jun 24 – 25, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Shelf Edge, Early Summer

Caught twice this stretch, off the cold edge I know best.

93 m
Deepest dive
3:47
Longest dive
25
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 24, 202689 m16.5°C44 m
Jun 25, 2026106 m16.7°C93 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 24, 2026 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jun 24Jun 25, 2026 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Jun 25

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

Dives

93 m
Deepest dive
3:47
Longest dive
25
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010093 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (106 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 25, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
106 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.7°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
89 m – 106 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.5°C – 16.7°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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