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Gulf of the Farallones

Akula – Residency

8th sighting in Gulf of the Farallones
Fluke of Akula
Akula Confirmed in the catalog @144
Jun 23 – Oct 5, 2024 · Gulf of the Farallones

Gulf of the Farallones · Jun – Oct 2024

24 m
Deepest dive
1:15
Longest dive
64
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
104

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 23, 202424 m—16 m
Jul 3, 202416 m—15 m
Sep 13, 20246 m—5 m
Sep 19, 202415 m—13 m
Oct 4, 202411 m—10 m
Oct 5, 202429 m—24 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 23, 2024 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Jun 23Jul 3, 2024 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jul 3Sep 13, 2024 — seafloor 6 m (measured), deepest dive 5 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 19, 2024 — seafloor 15 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Sep 19Oct 4, 2024 — seafloor 11 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Oct 4Oct 5, 2024 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Oct 5

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

Dives

24 m
Deepest dive
1:15
Longest dive
64
Dives
9 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
104
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255024 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (29 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 · Oct 5, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
29 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
6 m – 29 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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