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Banderas Bay

El Karate – Residency

2nd sighting in Banderas Bay
Fluke of El Karate
El Karate Confirmed in the catalog @43
Jan 20 – 23, 2005 · Banderas Bay

Banderas Bay · Jan 2005

88 m
Deepest dive
2:47
Longest dive
17
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
3

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 20, 2005252 m—88 m
Jan 23, 200532 m—18 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 20, 2005 — seafloor 252 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Jan 20Jan 23, 2005 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jan 23

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

Dives

88 m
Deepest dive
2:47
Longest dive
17
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
3
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010088 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (252 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 · Jan 20, 2005

measured
Seafloor depth
252 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
32 m – 252 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 12.0 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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