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Gulf of California

CRC-23178 – Residency

4th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of CRC-23178
CRC-23178 Confirmed in the catalog @11087
Jan 25 – Mar 1, 2026 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Jan – Mar 2026

120 m
Deepest dive
4:24
Longest dive
28
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
35
Deepest dive on record
120 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 25, 202681 m24.5°C28 m
Jan 26, 2026116 m24.4°C54 m
Mar 1, 2026327 m22.0°C120 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 25, 2026 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jan 25Jan 26, 2026 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jan 26Mar 1, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Mar 1

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

Dives

120 m
Deepest dive
4:24
Longest dive
28
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
35
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150120 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (327 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 · Mar 1, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
327 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
81 m – 327 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.0°C – 24.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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