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Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay

Morgan LeFay – Residency

48th sighting in Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay
Fluke of Morgan LeFay
Morgan LeFay Confirmed in the catalog @13000
Jun 18 – Sep 19, 2023 · Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay

Kenai Fjords & Resurrection Bay · Jun – Sep 2023

216 m
Deepest dive
7:18
Longest dive
153
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
93
Deepest dive on record
216 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 18, 2023191 m9.4°C80 m
Jul 16, 2023153 m11.1°C140 m
Jul 20, 2023232 m11.5°C68 m
Jul 21, 2023273 m12.7°C216 m
Jul 26, 2023213 m13.9°C158 m
Aug 7, 2023233 m13.1°C30 m
Aug 7, 2023289 m13.1°C139 m
Aug 15, 2023233 m13.1°C40 m
Aug 16, 2023233 m13.2°C134 m
Aug 19, 2023233 m13.7°C102 m
Aug 20, 2023153 m13.5°C112 m
Aug 21, 2023151 m13.4°C102 m
Aug 23, 2023263 m13.8°C53 m
Sep 19, 2023206 m11.3°C46 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 18, 2023 — seafloor 191 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jun 18Jul 16, 2023 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 140 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 232 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2023 — seafloor 273 m (measured), deepest dive 216 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 213 m (measured), deepest dive 158 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2023 — seafloor 233 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2023 — seafloor 289 m (measured), deepest dive 139 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 15, 2023 — seafloor 233 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2023 — seafloor 233 m (measured), deepest dive 134 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2023 — seafloor 233 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 20, 2023 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2023 — seafloor 151 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Aug 23, 2023 — seafloor 263 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 23Sep 19, 2023 — seafloor 206 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)

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

Dives

216 m
Deepest dive
7:18
Longest dive
153
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
93
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250216 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (273 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 · Jul 21, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
273 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
151 m – 289 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.4°C – 13.9°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 14 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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