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Monterey Bay

Marvel – Residency

39th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Marvel
Marvel Confirmed in the catalog @99426
Apr 3 – Oct 26, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Oct 2025

128 m
Deepest dive
4:26
Longest dive
95
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
206

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 3, 202572 m12.1°C59 m
Apr 4, 2025105 m12.3°C46 m
Apr 21, 2025103 m13.0°C74 m
Apr 26, 202597 m12.5°C49 m
Apr 30, 2025567 m12.8°C128 m
Jul 23, 2025266 m16.1°C58 m
Oct 2, 2025254 m17.4°C55 m
Oct 26, 202583 m15.7°C65 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 72 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Apr 3Apr 4, 2025 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Apr 4Apr 21, 2025 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Apr 21Apr 26, 2025 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Apr 26Apr 30, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 128 m (modelled)Apr 30Jul 23, 2025 — seafloor 266 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 23Oct 2, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 26, 2025 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Oct 26

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

Dives

128 m
Deepest dive
4:26
Longest dive
95
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
206
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150128 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

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Apr 30, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
72 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.1°C – 17.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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