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Banderas Bay

CRC-11737 – Residency

31st sighting in Banderas Bay
Fluke of CRC-11737
CRC-11737 Confirmed in the catalog @504
Jan 15 – Feb 16, 2023 · Banderas Bay

Banderas Bay · Jan – Feb 2023

103 m
Deepest dive
3:33
Longest dive
55
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
32

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 15, 202365 m25.0°C55 m
Jan 28, 2023141 m24.3°C59 m
Feb 6, 202365 m23.9°C57 m
Feb 7, 2023109 m23.7°C34 m
Feb 16, 2023304 m25.0°C103 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 15, 2023 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jan 15Jan 28, 2023 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jan 28Feb 6, 2023 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Feb 6Feb 7, 2023 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Feb 7Feb 16, 2023 — seafloor 304 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Feb 16

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

Dives

103 m
Deepest dive
3:33
Longest dive
55
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
32
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150103 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (304 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 · Feb 16, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
304 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.0°C
Distance from shore
28.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
65 m – 304 m
Sea-surface temperature
23.7°C – 25.0°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 28.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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