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Gulf of California

CRC-16556 – Residency

6th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of CRC-16556
CRC-16556 Confirmed in the catalog @13287
Feb 23 – Mar 9, 2023 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Feb – Mar 2023

201 m
Deepest dive
7:30
Longest dive
53
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
14
Deepest dive on record
201 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 23, 202311 m—10 m
Feb 24, 20231,177 m—201 m
Feb 26, 2023948 m—188 m
Mar 9, 2023497 m—79 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 23, 2023 — seafloor 11 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Feb 23Feb 24, 2023 — seafloor 1,177 m (measured), deepest dive 201 m (modelled)Feb 24Feb 26, 2023 — seafloor 948 m (measured), deepest dive 188 m (modelled)Feb 26Mar 9, 2023 — seafloor 497 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Mar 9

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

Dives

201 m
Deepest dive
7:30
Longest dive
53
Dives
42 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
14
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250201 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,177 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 · Feb 24, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
1,177 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
11 m – 1,177 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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