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Gulf of the Farallones

CRC-15638 – Residency

1st sighting in Gulf of the Farallones
Fluke of CRC-15638
CRC-15638 Confirmed in the catalog @1351
Oct 16 – Dec 11, 2021 · Gulf of the Farallones

Gulf of the Farallones · Oct – Dec 2021

68 m
Deepest dive
2:35
Longest dive
20
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
56

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 16, 202158 m12.9°C51 m
Dec 5, 202159 m13.0°C32 m
Dec 11, 202184 m15.5°C68 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 16, 2021 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Oct 16Dec 5, 2021 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Dec 5Dec 11, 2021 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Dec 11

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

Dives

68 m
Deepest dive
2:35
Longest dive
20
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
56
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010068 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (84 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 · Dec 11, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
84 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.5°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
58 m – 84 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 15.5°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 18.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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