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Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay

Morgan LeFay – Residency

31st sighting in Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay
Fluke of Morgan LeFay
Morgan LeFay Confirmed in the catalog @13000
May 12 – Aug 17, 2021 · Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay

Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay · May – Aug 2021

148 m
Deepest dive
5:36
Longest dive
142
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
96

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 12, 2021216 m6.8°C91 m
May 15, 202157 m7.3°C40 m
May 20, 2021166 m8.0°C57 m
May 26, 2021136 m9.2°C75 m
Jun 11, 2021293 m9.6°C148 m
Jun 17, 2021166 m11.0°C141 m
Jul 6, 2021256 m11.4°C85 m
Jul 18, 202185 m13.5°C56 m
Jul 21, 2021278 m13.2°C147 m
Jul 23, 202184 m13.0°C59 m
Aug 16, 2021135 m13.6°C66 m
Aug 17, 2021237 m13.4°C144 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 12, 2021 — seafloor 216 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)May 12May 15, 2021 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)May 15May 20, 2021 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)May 20May 26, 2021 — seafloor 136 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)May 26Jun 11, 2021 — seafloor 293 m (measured), deepest dive 148 m (modelled)Jun 11Jun 17, 2021 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 141 m (modelled)Jun 17Jul 6, 2021 — seafloor 256 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jul 6Jul 18, 2021 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 21, 2021 — seafloor 278 m (measured), deepest dive 147 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 23, 2021 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 23Aug 16, 2021 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 17, 2021 — seafloor 237 m (measured), deepest dive 144 m (modelled)Aug 17

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

Dives

148 m
Deepest dive
5:36
Longest dive
142
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
96
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150148 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (293 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 · Jun 11, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
293 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
57 m – 293 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.8°C – 13.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 12 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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