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Santa Elena & Machalilla

ESPHW-MBS#1096 – Residency

2nd sighting in Santa Elena & Machalilla
Fluke of ESPHW-MBS#1096
ESPHW-MBS#1096 Confirmed in the catalog @36118
Aug 19, 2026 · Santa Elena & Machalilla

Santa Elena & Machalilla · Aug 2026

16 m
Deepest dive
0:54
Longest dive
12
Dives
Sightings
1
Days between first and last sighting
Same day

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 19, 202622 m26.0°C16 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 19, 2026 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Aug 19

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

Dives

16 m
Deepest dive
0:54
Longest dive
12
Dives
10 m
Avg dive depth
1
Sightings
Same day
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255016 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (22 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 · Aug 19, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
22 m
Sea-surface temperature
26.0°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 1 catalogued encounter on Happywhale.

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