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Banderas Bay

Moray – Residency

1st sighting in Banderas Bay
Fluke of Moray
Moray Confirmed in the catalog @11252
Mar 5 – 24, 2023 · Banderas Bay

Banderas Bay · Mar 2023

67 m
Deepest dive
2:23
Longest dive
15
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
19

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 5, 2023101 m23.4°C67 m
Mar 24, 202394 m21.0°C57 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 5, 2023 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Mar 5Mar 24, 2023 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Mar 24

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

Dives

67 m
Deepest dive
2:23
Longest dive
15
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
19
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010067 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (101 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 · Mar 5, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
101 m
Sea-surface temperature
23.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
94 m – 101 m
Sea-surface temperature
21.0°C – 23.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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