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Banderas Bay

Walshie – Residency

12th sighting in Banderas Bay
Fluke of Walshie
Walshie Confirmed in the catalog @582
Feb 10 – Apr 1, 2023 · Banderas Bay

Banderas Bay · Feb – Apr 2023

82 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
88
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
50

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 10, 2023101 m—82 m
Feb 14, 2023125 m—40 m
Feb 21, 202364 m—55 m
Mar 14, 2023260 m—73 m
Mar 14, 2023107 m—69 m
Apr 1, 2023743 m—78 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 10, 2023 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Feb 10Feb 14, 2023 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Feb 14Feb 21, 2023 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Feb 21Mar 14, 2023 — seafloor 260 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Mar 14Mar 14, 2023 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Mar 14Apr 1, 2023 — seafloor 743 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Apr 1

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

Dives

82 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
88
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
50
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010082 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (101 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 10, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
101 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
64 m – 743 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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