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Gulf of California

HW-MN0524282 – Residency

9th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of HW-MN0524282
HW-MN0524282 Confirmed in the catalog @133584
Jan 31 – Mar 10, 2026 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Jan – Mar 2026

190 m
Deepest dive
6:40
Longest dive
105
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
38
Deepest dive on record
190 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 31, 2026195 m—105 m
Feb 9, 202661 m—52 m
Feb 13, 2026211 m—190 m
Feb 15, 2026159 m20.6°C117 m
Mar 1, 2026193 m21.4°C68 m
Mar 9, 2026206 m21.6°C166 m
Mar 10, 2026124 m—37 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, 2026 — seafloor 195 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)Jan 31Feb 9, 2026 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Feb 9Feb 13, 2026 — seafloor 211 m (measured), deepest dive 190 m (modelled)Feb 13Feb 15, 2026 — seafloor 159 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Feb 15Mar 1, 2026 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Mar 1Mar 9, 2026 — seafloor 206 m (measured), deepest dive 166 m (modelled)Mar 9Mar 10, 2026 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Mar 10

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

Dives

190 m
Deepest dive
6:40
Longest dive
105
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
38
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200190 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (211 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 13, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
211 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 211 m
Sea-surface temperature
20.6°C – 21.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 9.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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