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Banderas Bay

Ewok – Residency

14th sighting in Banderas Bay
Fluke of Ewok
Ewok Confirmed in the catalog @11171
Jan 3 – Feb 23, 2026 · Banderas Bay

Banderas Bay · Jan – Feb 2026

55 m
Deepest dive
2:09
Longest dive
23
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
52

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 3, 2026102 m26.7°C55 m
Feb 23, 202665 m24.9°C37 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jan 3, 2026 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jan 3Feb 23, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Feb 23

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

Dives

55 m
Deepest dive
2:09
Longest dive
23
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
52
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010055 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (102 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 · Jan 3, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
102 m
Sea-surface temperature
26.7°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
65 m – 102 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.9°C – 26.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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