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Gulf of California

CRC-16481 – Residency

19th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of CRC-16481
CRC-16481 Confirmed in the catalog @12237
Dec 18, 2025 – Mar 3, 2026 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Dec 2025 – Mar 2026

116 m
Deepest dive
3:57
Longest dive
59
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
75

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 18, 202556 m25.8°C38 m
Dec 25, 20257 m26.7°C6 m
Feb 19, 2026327 m23.1°C84 m
Mar 3, 2026327 m22.4°C116 m
Mar 3, 202646 m22.8°C32 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 18, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Dec 18Dec 25, 2025 — seafloor 7 m (measured), deepest dive 6 m (modelled)Dec 25Feb 19, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Feb 19Mar 3, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 116 m (modelled)Mar 3Mar 3, 2026 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Mar 3

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

Dives

116 m
Deepest dive
3:57
Longest dive
59
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
75
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150116 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 3, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
327 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.4°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
7 m – 327 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.4°C – 26.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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