splash 10- CIII
October 29, 2025 After looking at the diving behavior of Seiran, Ai and Sora (below) I decided to see how their diving behavior matched up with those of Moana Kai and Pericu of Cohort II. Moana Kai and Pericu are now much further to the south east that are Cohort III turtles and it seems that their diving behavior shows a more pronounced diel pattern with more more than 50 % of their time spent from 5 to 20 meters depth during the night while during the day they are both spending 86 to 88 % of their time at the surface. October 28, 2025 Diving Behavior of CIII turtles Seiran, Ai and Sora. For Seiran and Sora there appears to be a distinct diel variation in diving behavior with more dives being made to the depth of 15 to 20 meters during the night time hours. Seiran spent more that 40% of its time at 15-20 meters depth and Sora spent more that 70% of its time at the 15-20 meter depth. Ai, on the other hand, seemed to spend a significant amount of time at 15-20 me...