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Banderas Bay

Heartsling – Residency

13th sighting in Banderas Bay
Fluke of Heartsling
Heartsling Confirmed in the catalog @6630
Dec 24, 2021 – Feb 5, 2022 · Banderas Bay

Banderas Bay · Dec 2021 – Feb 2022

207 m
Deepest dive
8:20
Longest dive
62
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
43

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 24, 2021245 m25.8°C86 m
Dec 24, 202165 m25.6°C36 m
Jan 22, 2022490 m24.7°C207 m
Feb 2, 2022-21 m——
Feb 5, 202237 m27.8°C31 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 24, 2021 — seafloor 245 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Dec 24Dec 24, 2021 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Dec 24Jan 22, 2022 — seafloor 490 m (measured), deepest dive 207 m (modelled)Jan 22Feb 2, 2022 — seafloor -21 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Feb 2Feb 5, 2022 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Feb 5

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

Dives

207 m
Deepest dive
8:20
Longest dive
62
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
43
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250207 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (490 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 22, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
490 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.7°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-21 m – 490 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.7°C – 27.8°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 6.0 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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