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Monterey Bay

Madonna – Residency

10th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Madonna
Madonna Confirmed in the catalog @697
Aug 22 – Sep 22, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Sep 2021

128 m
Deepest dive
5:58
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
31

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 22, 2021999 m—128 m
Aug 29, 2021502 m—29 m
Sep 22, 2021158 m—63 m
Sep 22, 2021567 m—22 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 22, 2021 — seafloor 999 m (measured), deepest dive 128 m (modelled)Aug 22Aug 29, 2021 — seafloor 502 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 22, 2021 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 22, 2021 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Sep 22

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

Dives

128 m
Deepest dive
5:58
Longest dive
52
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
31
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150128 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (999 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 · Aug 22, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
999 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
21.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
158 m – 999 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km – 21.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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