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Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay

Morgan LeFay – Residency

36th sighting in Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay
Fluke of Morgan LeFay
Morgan LeFay Confirmed in the catalog @13000
Jun 17 – Aug 8, 2022 · Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay

Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay · Jun – Aug 2022

198 m
Deepest dive
7:17
Longest dive
73
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
52

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 17, 2022126 m12.8°C77 m
Jul 4, 2022182 m13.6°C134 m
Jul 23, 2022219 m12.6°C22 m
Jul 24, 202269 m12.4°C49 m
Aug 2, 202287 m14.8°C58 m
Aug 8, 2022254 m14.4°C198 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 17, 2022 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jun 17Jul 4, 2022 — seafloor 182 m (measured), deepest dive 134 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 23, 2022 — seafloor 219 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 23Jul 24, 2022 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 24Aug 2, 2022 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 8, 2022 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 198 m (modelled)Aug 8

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

Dives

198 m
Deepest dive
7:17
Longest dive
73
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
52
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200198 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 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 · Aug 8, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
69 m – 254 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C – 14.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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