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Monterey Bay

Angel Wing – Residency

145th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Angel Wing
Angel Wing Confirmed in the catalog @18
Sep 25 – Nov 28, 2021 · Monterey Bay

Autumn in the Bay

Two months of perfect feeding grounds kept pulling me back to the same sweet spots.

150 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
194
Dives
Sightings
18
Days between first and last sighting
64

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 25, 2021178 m16.3°C90 m
Sep 26, 202148 m16.3°C19 m
Oct 2, 2021186 m15.4°C53 m
Oct 3, 2021451 m15.9°C128 m
Oct 4, 202152 m15.8°C29 m
Oct 7, 2021184 m14.7°C99 m
Oct 14, 202193 m13.3°C76 m
Oct 16, 2021308 m13.5°C36 m
Oct 17, 202193 m13.4°C46 m
Oct 17, 202195 m13.4°C84 m
Oct 17, 2021382 m13.5°C29 m
Nov 9, 2021108 m14.6°C82 m
Nov 11, 202188 m14.2°C64 m
Nov 14, 2021518 m15.4°C103 m
Nov 22, 2021234 m14.6°C150 m
Nov 23, 2021102 m13.7°C68 m
Nov 26, 2021140 m13.1°C117 m
Nov 28, 202179 m13.5°C29 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 25, 2021 — seafloor 178 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Sep 25Sep 26, 2021 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2021 — seafloor 186 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 3, 2021 — seafloor 451 m (measured), deepest dive 128 m (modelled)Oct 3Oct 4, 2021 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2021 — seafloor 184 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Oct 14, 2021 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Oct 14Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 308 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2021 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Oct 17, 2021 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Oct 17Oct 17, 2021 — seafloor 382 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Nov 9, 2021 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Nov 11, 2021 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Nov 11Nov 14, 2021 — seafloor 518 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Nov 22, 2021 — seafloor 234 m (measured), deepest dive 150 m (modelled)Nov 23, 2021 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Nov 23Nov 26, 2021 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Nov 28, 2021 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)

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

Dives

150 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
194
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
18
Sightings
64
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200150 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (234 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Nov 22, 2021

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

Across the residency · 18 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m – 518 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C – 16.3°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 18 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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