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Gulf of California

HW-MN0524160 – Residency

4th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of HW-MN0524160
HW-MN0524160 Confirmed in the catalog @125630
Mar 6 – 9, 2026 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Mar 2026

125 m
Deepest dive
5:18
Longest dive
23
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
3
Deepest dive on record
125 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 6, 2026327 m22.1°C125 m
Mar 9, 2026138 m23.7°C50 m
Mar 9, 20261,258 m20.4°C59 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 6, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 125 m (modelled)Mar 6Mar 9, 2026 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Mar 9Mar 9, 2026 — seafloor 1,258 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Mar 9

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

Dives

125 m
Deepest dive
5:18
Longest dive
23
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
3
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150125 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 6, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
327 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.1°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
138 m – 1,258 m
Sea-surface temperature
20.4°C – 23.7°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 19.0 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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