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Monterey Bay

Angel Wing – Residency

37th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Angel Wing
Angel Wing Confirmed in the catalog @18
May 2 – Dec 11, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Dec 2017

165 m
Deepest dive
6:52
Longest dive
362
Dives
Sightings
24
Days between first and last sighting
223

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 2, 2017567 m12.0°C105 m
May 14, 201772 m10.9°C57 m
May 28, 2017567 m13.6°C51 m
Jun 27, 2017110 m14.2°C90 m
Jun 27, 2017110 m14.2°C97 m
Jul 1, 201778 m13.1°C52 m
Jul 15, 201752 m12.9°C41 m
Jul 16, 201758 m12.9°C52 m
Jul 17, 201780 m12.9°C27 m
Jul 20, 201771 m12.0°C61 m
Jul 21, 201763 m12.3°C56 m
Jul 29, 201785 m14.2°C74 m
Aug 16, 201759 m15.3°C45 m
Aug 17, 201787 m15.4°C64 m
Aug 18, 2017199 m15.4°C46 m
Aug 19, 2017197 m15.5°C52 m
Aug 20, 2017195 m15.9°C127 m
Aug 31, 201778 m15.4°C69 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 2, 2017 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)May 2May 14, 2017 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)May 28, 2017 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jun 27, 2017 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Jun 27, 2017 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Jun 27Jul 1, 2017 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2017 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2017 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 17, 2017 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 20, 2017 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2017 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2017 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2017 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 17, 2017 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2017 — seafloor 199 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2017 — seafloor 197 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2017 — seafloor 195 m (measured), deepest dive 127 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 31, 2017 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Sep 14, 2017 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 165 m (modelled)Sep 26, 2017 — seafloor 182 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Oct 3, 2017 — seafloor 310 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Oct 3Nov 11, 2017 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Dec 10, 2017 — seafloor 709 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Dec 11, 2017 — seafloor 201 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)

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

Dives

165 m
Deepest dive
6:52
Longest dive
362
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
24
Sightings
223
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200165 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 · Sep 14, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 24 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 709 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.9°C – 17.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 24 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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