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Monterey Bay

Angel Wing – Residency

207th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Angel Wing
Angel Wing Confirmed in the catalog @18
Apr 7 – Dec 2, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Eight Months in the Bay

Found my rhythm here again, surfacing through spring into winter's edge.

402 m
Deepest dive
11:25
Longest dive
426
Dives
Sightings
32
Days between first and last sighting
239
Deepest dive on record
402 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 7, 2023567 m10.6°C402 m
Apr 7, 202394 m11.2°C77 m
May 12, 202382 m13.4°C60 m
Jun 15, 2023111 m15.1°C23 m
Jun 16, 202383 m15.2°C70 m
Jun 16, 202377 m15.2°C61 m
Jul 17, 202398 m15.3°C59 m
Jul 30, 202363 m13.9°C49 m
Jul 30, 2023654 m14.0°C149 m
Aug 1, 202393 m13.9°C54 m
Aug 4, 2023160 m14.4°C138 m
Aug 12, 202391 m14.8°C77 m
Aug 18, 202398 m17.4°C45 m
Aug 23, 202380 m17.5°C51 m
Aug 24, 2023686 m17.6°C311 m
Aug 27, 2023146 m17.9°C53 m
Aug 27, 2023567 m17.8°C52 m
Aug 28, 2023561 m17.9°C54 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 7, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 402 m (modelled)Apr 7Apr 7, 2023 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)May 12, 2023 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jun 15, 2023 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jun 16, 2023 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jun 16, 2023 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 17, 2023 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 654 m (measured), deepest dive 149 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2023 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2023 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 138 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2023 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 23, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 24, 2023 — seafloor 686 m (measured), deepest dive 311 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2023 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2023 — seafloor 561 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 5, 2023 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2023 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Sep 15, 2023 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 19, 2023 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Oct 15, 2023 — seafloor 666 m (measured), deepest dive 115 m (modelled)Oct 21, 2023 — seafloor 702 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Oct 21Oct 25, 2023 — seafloor 145 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Oct 26, 2023 — seafloor 282 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Oct 27, 2023 — seafloor 406 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Nov 12, 2023 — seafloor 224 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Nov 14, 2023 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Nov 20, 2023 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Nov 20Dec 2, 2023 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)

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

Dives

402 m
Deepest dive
11:25
Longest dive
426
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
32
Sightings
239
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0225450402 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

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Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Apr 7, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.6°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 32 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
53 m – 702 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.6°C – 17.9°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 23.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 32 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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