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Monterey Bay

Angel Wing – Residency

57th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Angel Wing
Angel Wing Confirmed in the catalog @18
Jul 2 – Oct 21, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jul – Oct 2018

225 m
Deepest dive
7:41
Longest dive
251
Dives
Sightings
20
Days between first and last sighting
111

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 2, 2018276 m14.6°C225 m
Jul 3, 2018127 m15.0°C78 m
Jul 5, 2018576 m15.2°C118 m
Jul 20, 2018381 m16.2°C123 m
Jul 22, 201884 m16.9°C44 m
Jul 26, 201885 m15.5°C69 m
Jul 28, 201859 m15.1°C52 m
Jul 29, 201849 m14.5°C12 m
Aug 18, 2018106 m15.6°C96 m
Aug 19, 2018100 m14.5°C67 m
Aug 20, 201858 m14.4°C47 m
Aug 21, 201856 m14.7°C51 m
Aug 29, 201848 m16.5°C43 m
Sep 8, 201846 m15.4°C33 m
Sep 9, 201850 m15.1°C28 m
Sep 10, 201855 m14.8°C50 m
Oct 2, 201886 m15.1°C79 m
Oct 2, 201895 m15.0°C73 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 2, 2018 — seafloor 276 m (measured), deepest dive 225 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 3, 2018 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 5, 2018 — seafloor 576 m (measured), deepest dive 118 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2018 — seafloor 381 m (measured), deepest dive 123 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2018 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 26, 2018 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2018 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2018 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 12 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2018 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 19, 2018 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2018 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2018 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2018 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 8, 2018 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2018 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2018 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2018 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Oct 2Oct 2, 2018 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Oct 13, 2018 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 116 m (modelled)Oct 21, 2018 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)

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

Dives

225 m
Deepest dive
7:41
Longest dive
251
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
20
Sightings
111
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250225 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (276 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 2, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
276 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 20 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m – 576 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C – 16.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 15.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 20 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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