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Monterey Bay

Margarita – Residency

19th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Margarita
Margarita Confirmed in the catalog @27264
Apr 3 – Aug 18, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Aug 2025

181 m
Deepest dive
7:56
Longest dive
105
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
137
Deepest dive on record
181 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 3, 202584 m—50 m
Apr 9, 2025533 m—132 m
Jun 27, 202555 m—43 m
Jun 28, 202578 m—28 m
Jun 29, 2025142 m—88 m
Jun 29, 2025466 m—137 m
Jun 30, 2025537 m—181 m
Aug 18, 202579 m—67 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 84 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Apr 3Apr 9, 2025 — seafloor 533 m (measured), deepest dive 132 m (modelled)Apr 9Jun 27, 2025 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 27Jun 28, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jun 28Jun 29, 2025 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Jun 29Jun 29, 2025 — seafloor 466 m (measured), deepest dive 137 m (modelled)Jun 29Jun 30, 2025 — seafloor 537 m (measured), deepest dive 181 m (modelled)Jun 30Aug 18, 2025 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 18

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

Dives

181 m
Deepest dive
7:56
Longest dive
105
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
137
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200181 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (537 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 · Jun 30, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
537 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
55 m – 537 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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