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Banderas Bay

Gnarly – Residency

10th sighting in Banderas Bay
Fluke of Gnarly
Gnarly Confirmed in the catalog @1089
Feb 21 – 25, 2023 · Banderas Bay

Banderas Bay · Feb 2023

155 m
Deepest dive
5:09
Longest dive
29
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
4

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 21, 202365 m—31 m
Feb 24, 2023119 m—37 m
Feb 25, 2023369 m—155 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 21, 2023 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Feb 21Feb 24, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Feb 24Feb 25, 2023 — seafloor 369 m (measured), deepest dive 155 m (modelled)Feb 25

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

Dives

155 m
Deepest dive
5:09
Longest dive
29
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
4
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200155 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (369 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 · Feb 25, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
369 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
65 m – 369 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 5.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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