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Monterey Bay

星河 - Galaxy – Residency

41st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 星河 - Galaxy
星河 - Galaxy Confirmed in the catalog @93962
Apr 6 – 16, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr 2025

80 m
Deepest dive
2:27
Longest dive
29
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
10

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 6, 202583 m12.8°C60 m
Apr 9, 2025135 m12.6°C80 m
Apr 16, 202572 m12.1°C49 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 6, 2025 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Apr 6Apr 9, 2025 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Apr 9Apr 16, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Apr 16

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

Dives

80 m
Deepest dive
2:27
Longest dive
29
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
10
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010080 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (135 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 · Apr 9, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
135 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
72 m – 135 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.1°C – 12.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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