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Banderas Bay

Big Al – Residency

3rd sighting in Banderas Bay
Fluke of Big Al
Big Al Confirmed in the catalog @359
Jan 12 – Mar 9, 2021 · Banderas Bay

Banderas Bay · Jan – Mar 2021

19 m
Deepest dive
1:23
Longest dive
17
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
55

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 12, 2021-9 m——
Mar 9, 202121 m—19 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jan 12, 2021 — seafloor -9 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jan 12Mar 9, 2021 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Mar 9

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

Dives

19 m
Deepest dive
1:23
Longest dive
17
Dives
12 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
55
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255019 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (21 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 · Mar 9, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
21 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-9 m – 21 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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