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Monterey Bay

2022-2023 calf of Little Dimple – Residency

59th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of 2022-2023 calf of Little Dimple
2022-2023 calf of Little Dimple Confirmed in the catalog @99763
Sep 30 – Nov 3, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2025

176 m
Deepest dive
5:53
Longest dive
155
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
34

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 30, 2025110 m16.9°C44 m
Oct 5, 202578 m17.4°C66 m
Oct 6, 202569 m17.6°C39 m
Oct 9, 2025119 m17.2°C95 m
Oct 12, 2025228 m16.9°C117 m
Oct 13, 2025177 m16.8°C62 m
Oct 15, 2025153 m15.4°C81 m
Oct 16, 202559 m15.4°C53 m
Oct 16, 2025254 m15.2°C93 m
Oct 17, 202572 m15.4°C54 m
Oct 25, 202577 m16.0°C67 m
Nov 1, 2025254 m15.4°C176 m
Nov 1, 202559 m15.5°C43 m
Nov 1, 2025567 m15.4°C114 m
Nov 3, 2025482 m14.8°C32 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 30, 2025 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 5, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2025 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Oct 9Oct 12, 2025 — seafloor 228 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Oct 13, 2025 — seafloor 177 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Oct 15, 2025 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Oct 15Oct 16, 2025 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 16, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Oct 17Oct 25, 2025 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Nov 1, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 176 m (modelled)Nov 1, 2025 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Nov 1Nov 1, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Nov 3, 2025 — seafloor 482 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)

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

Dives

176 m
Deepest dive
5:53
Longest dive
155
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
34
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200176 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 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 · Nov 1, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.4°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
59 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C – 17.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 15 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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