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Monterey Bay

Angel Wing – Residency

127th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Angel Wing
Angel Wing Confirmed in the catalog @18
Jun 14 – Oct 31, 2020 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Oct 2020

96 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
249
Dives
Sightings
26
Days between first and last sighting
139

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 14, 2020167 m14.5°C96 m
Jun 27, 202080 m14.3°C46 m
Jul 24, 202096 m16.5°C64 m
Jul 25, 202083 m16.7°C68 m
Jul 27, 20201,094 m16.4°C24 m
Aug 1, 202079 m15.3°C56 m
Sep 9, 2020139 m17.2°C84 m
Sep 10, 2020277 m17.4°C60 m
Sep 17, 202078 m15.1°C64 m
Sep 18, 202065 m15.1°C59 m
Sep 19, 202085 m15.2°C22 m
Sep 22, 202064 m15.3°C32 m
Sep 24, 202091 m15.7°C77 m
Sep 27, 202067 m15.7°C16 m
Oct 2, 202094 m16.2°C73 m
Oct 4, 202094 m16.4°C25 m
Oct 6, 2020121 m15.3°C79 m
Oct 9, 2020413 m14.9°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
Jun 14, 2020 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Jun 14Jun 27, 2020 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2020 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 25, 2020 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jul 27, 2020 — seafloor 1,094 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2020 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 1Sep 9, 2020 — seafloor 139 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2020 — seafloor 277 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2020 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 18, 2020 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 19, 2020 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Sep 19Sep 22, 2020 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Sep 24, 2020 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 27, 2020 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2020 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Oct 4, 2020 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Oct 4Oct 6, 2020 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2020 — seafloor 413 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2020 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Oct 21, 2020 — seafloor 606 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Oct 24, 2020 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 24Oct 25, 2020 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 26, 2020 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Oct 28, 2020 — seafloor 598 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Oct 30, 2020 — seafloor 495 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Oct 31, 2020 — seafloor 628 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Oct 31

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

Dives

96 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
249
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
26
Sightings
139
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010096 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (167 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 14, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
167 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.5°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 26 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
53 m – 1,094 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.3°C – 17.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 26 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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