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Gulf of California

CRC-16481 – Residency

10th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of CRC-16481
CRC-16481 Confirmed in the catalog @12237
Jan 31 – Mar 2, 2023 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Jan – Mar 2023

70 m
Deepest dive
2:06
Longest dive
112
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
30

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 31, 2023163 m21.9°C25 m
Jan 31, 202367 m21.8°C46 m
Feb 26, 202310 m21.2°C9 m
Feb 27, 202346 m21.3°C42 m
Feb 27, 20231 m21.2°C1 m
Feb 28, 202344 m21.4°C39 m
Mar 1, 202312 m21.8°C11 m
Mar 2, 2023184 m21.6°C70 m
Mar 2, 202314 m21.6°C9 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 31, 2023 — seafloor 163 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jan 31Jan 31, 2023 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jan 31Feb 26, 2023 — seafloor 10 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Feb 26Feb 27, 2023 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Feb 27Feb 27, 2023 — seafloor 1 m (measured), deepest dive 1 m (modelled)Feb 27Feb 28, 2023 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Feb 28Mar 1, 2023 — seafloor 12 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Mar 1Mar 2, 2023 — seafloor 184 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Mar 2Mar 2, 2023 — seafloor 14 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Mar 2

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

Dives

70 m
Deepest dive
2:06
Longest dive
112
Dives
13 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
30
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010070 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (184 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 2, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
184 m
Sea-surface temperature
21.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
1 m – 184 m
Sea-surface temperature
21.2°C – 21.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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