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Monterey Bay

Ricochet – Residency

17th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Ricochet
Ricochet Confirmed in the catalog @84697
Sep 30 – Oct 13, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Canyon Edge, Right On Time

Autumn bait ball, me in the thick of it, exactly where I belong.

191 m
Deepest dive
7:05
Longest dive
24
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
13
Deepest dive on record
191 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 30, 2026211 m—129 m
Oct 5, 2026283 m—191 m
Oct 13, 202667 m—37 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 30, 2026 — seafloor 211 m (measured), deepest dive 129 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 5, 2026 — seafloor 283 m (measured), deepest dive 191 m (modelled)Oct 5Oct 13, 2026 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Oct 13

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

Dives

191 m
Deepest dive
7:05
Longest dive
24
Dives
35 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
13
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200191 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (283 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 · Oct 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
283 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
67 m – 283 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 5.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 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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