Whale Awareness Ribbon – Residency
5th sighting in Gulf of California
Whale Awareness Ribbon @15384
Jan 19 – Mar 10, 2023 · Gulf of California
Gulf of California · Jan – Mar 2023
196 m
Deepest dive
6:21
Longest dive
45
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 50
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2023 | 1,262 m | 22.2°C | 149 m |
| Jan 19, 2023 | 111 m | 22.1°C | 36 m |
| Mar 10, 2023 | 832 m | 21.4°C | 196 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
196 m
Deepest dive
6:21
Longest dive
45
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
50
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (832 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 10, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 832 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 21.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 111 m – 1,262 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 21.4°C – 22.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.