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Monterey Bay

Waterfall – Residency

31st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Waterfall
Waterfall Confirmed in the catalog @95406
Mar 22 – Aug 30, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Aug 2025

256 m
Deepest dive
9:56
Longest dive
208
Dives
Sightings
18
Days between first and last sighting
161
Deepest dive on record
256 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 22, 202566 m—38 m
Mar 25, 202581 m—60 m
Apr 5, 202568 m—60 m
Apr 5, 202566 m—51 m
Apr 5, 202583 m—44 m
Apr 5, 2025230 m—27 m
Apr 19, 2025567 m—256 m
Apr 25, 2025568 m—58 m
Apr 26, 202597 m—32 m
May 19, 2025567 m—252 m
Jun 28, 2025401 m—78 m
Jun 29, 2025466 m—38 m
Jul 1, 2025567 m—92 m
Jul 9, 2025-18 m——
Aug 14, 202569 m—37 m
Aug 23, 20251 m—1 m
Aug 24, 20257 m—6 m
Aug 30, 202541 m—34 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 22, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Mar 22Mar 25, 2025 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Apr 5, 2025 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Apr 5, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Apr 5Apr 5, 2025 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Apr 5, 2025 — seafloor 230 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Apr 19, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 256 m (modelled)Apr 19Apr 25, 2025 — seafloor 568 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Apr 26, 2025 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)May 19, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 252 m (modelled)May 19Jun 28, 2025 — seafloor 401 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jun 29, 2025 — seafloor 466 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 1, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Jul 1Jul 9, 2025 — seafloor -18 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 14, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 23, 2025 — seafloor 1 m (measured), deepest dive 1 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 24, 2025 — seafloor 7 m (measured), deepest dive 6 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2025 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)

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

Dives

256 m
Deepest dive
9:56
Longest dive
208
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
18
Sightings
161
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300256 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Apr 19, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 18 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-18 m – 568 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 18 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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