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Monterey Bay

Akiko – Residency

108th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Akiko
Akiko Confirmed in the catalog @84916
Jul 19 – Oct 12, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Sparkling Through Late Summer

Krill's thick, canyon's deep, and I keep showing up sparkling.

110 m
Deepest dive
6:06
Longest dive
192
Dives
Sightings
19
Days between first and last sighting
85

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 19, 202663 m15.8°C37 m
Jul 20, 202659 m16.1°C40 m
Jul 21, 202684 m17.3°C63 m
Jul 23, 2026161 m17.0°C90 m
Jul 28, 2026139 m16.9°C92 m
Aug 4, 202664 m17.3°C58 m
Aug 7, 202652 m17.4°C46 m
Aug 9, 2026104 m17.0°C75 m
Aug 26, 202695 m16.8°C50 m
Aug 28, 202675 m16.7°C64 m
Aug 29, 202668 m15.8°C44 m
Sep 2, 202675 m15.3°C60 m
Sep 17, 2026107 m15.6°C28 m
Sep 25, 202689 m16.6°C21 m
Sep 26, 2026126 m16.5°C91 m
Sep 27, 202673 m16.6°C50 m
Sep 28, 202672 m16.7°C59 m
Oct 4, 2026369 m17.8°C56 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 19, 2026 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 20, 2026 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2026 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2026 — seafloor 161 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2026 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Jul 28Aug 4, 2026 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2026 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2026 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 26Aug 28, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2026 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 25, 2026 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Sep 26, 2026 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Sep 27, 2026 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 28Oct 4, 2026 — seafloor 369 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 12, 2026 — seafloor 183 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)

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

Dives

110 m
Deepest dive
6:06
Longest dive
192
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
19
Sightings
85
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150110 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (183 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 12, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
183 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.8°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 19 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 369 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 17.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 10.0 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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