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Monterey Bay

Monet – Residency

71st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Monet
Monet Confirmed in the catalog @403
Jul 20 – Aug 8, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Green Water, Every Time

Cold canyon water, full of krill and eyes I know well.

108 m
Deepest dive
4:25
Longest dive
96
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
19

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 20, 202664 m16.1°C26 m
Jul 21, 2026130 m17.3°C60 m
Jul 23, 202696 m17.0°C79 m
Jul 23, 2026567 m16.9°C108 m
Aug 5, 202656 m17.1°C38 m
Aug 7, 202658 m17.5°C51 m
Aug 8, 202680 m17.2°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
Jul 20, 2026 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 21, 2026 — seafloor 130 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 23, 2026 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 23Jul 23, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Jul 23Aug 5, 2026 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 7, 2026 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 8, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 8

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

Dives

108 m
Deepest dive
4:25
Longest dive
96
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
19
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150108 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 · Jul 23, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.9°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
56 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.1°C – 17.5°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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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