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Monterey Bay

Akiko – Residency

78th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Akiko
Akiko Confirmed in the catalog @84916
Apr 3 – May 18, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2025

104 m
Deepest dive
3:34
Longest dive
229
Dives
Sightings
19
Days between first and last sighting
45

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 3, 202584 m12.0°C58 m
Apr 5, 202581 m12.1°C57 m
Apr 18, 202556 m12.5°C28 m
Apr 20, 202564 m12.6°C52 m
Apr 21, 202592 m13.0°C74 m
Apr 25, 202571 m12.9°C37 m
Apr 26, 2025134 m12.5°C40 m
Apr 28, 202561 m12.8°C31 m
May 1, 202574 m13.1°C67 m
May 2, 202560 m13.2°C41 m
May 2, 202572 m13.2°C55 m
May 5, 202571 m12.6°C34 m
May 6, 202564 m12.4°C53 m
May 8, 202569 m13.7°C57 m
May 9, 2025114 m13.8°C104 m
May 11, 2025567 m13.7°C70 m
May 12, 202558 m13.6°C49 m
May 14, 2025151 m12.9°C41 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 3, 2025 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Apr 3Apr 5, 2025 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Apr 18, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Apr 20, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Apr 21, 2025 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Apr 21Apr 25, 2025 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Apr 26, 2025 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Apr 28, 2025 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)May 1, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)May 1May 2, 2025 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)May 2, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)May 5, 2025 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)May 6, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)May 6May 8, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)May 9, 2025 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)May 11, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)May 12, 2025 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)May 12May 14, 2025 — seafloor 151 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)May 18, 2025 — seafloor 154 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)

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

Dives

104 m
Deepest dive
3:34
Longest dive
229
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
19
Sightings
45
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150104 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (114 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 · May 9, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
114 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 19 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
56 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C – 13.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 19 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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