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Monterey Bay

Akiko – Residency

89th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Akiko
Akiko Confirmed in the catalog @84916
Sep 28 – Dec 20, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Dec 2025

122 m
Deepest dive
4:49
Longest dive
154
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
83

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 28, 202556 m17.5°C46 m
Sep 30, 2025276 m16.9°C99 m
Oct 20, 202532 m15.8°C29 m
Dec 6, 202595 m14.4°C57 m
Dec 7, 202591 m14.4°C42 m
Dec 10, 2025110 m14.0°C38 m
Dec 13, 2025112 m14.2°C51 m
Dec 13, 2025303 m14.2°C98 m
Dec 18, 202591 m15.1°C48 m
Dec 18, 2025117 m15.1°C105 m
Dec 20, 2025538 m14.5°C122 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 28, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 28Sep 30, 2025 — seafloor 276 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 20, 2025 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Oct 20Dec 6, 2025 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Dec 6Dec 7, 2025 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Dec 7Dec 10, 2025 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Dec 10Dec 13, 2025 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Dec 13Dec 13, 2025 — seafloor 303 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Dec 13Dec 18, 2025 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Dec 18Dec 18, 2025 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Dec 18Dec 20, 2025 — seafloor 538 m (measured), deepest dive 122 m (modelled)Dec 20

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

Dives

122 m
Deepest dive
4:49
Longest dive
154
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
83
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150122 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (538 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 · Dec 20, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
538 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
32 m – 538 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.0°C – 17.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 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 11 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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