MOTEK – Residency
11th sighting in East Australia
MOTEK @11678
Sep 19 – 23, 2023 · East Australia
East Australia · Sep 2023
15 m
Deepest dive
1:08
Longest dive
29
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 4
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2023 | 17 m | — | 15 m |
| Sep 23, 2023 | 16 m | — | 12 m |
| Sep 23, 2023 | 15 m | — | 14 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
15 m
Deepest dive
1:08
Longest dive
29
Dives
8 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
4
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (17 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 19, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 17 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 15 m – 17 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.