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Gulf of California

HW-MN0525245 – Residency

2nd sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of HW-MN0525245
HW-MN0525245 Confirmed in the catalog @155978
Feb 19 – Mar 1, 2026 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Feb – Mar 2026

65 m
Deepest dive
2:39
Longest dive
10
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
9
Deepest dive on record
65 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 19, 2026253 m—31 m
Mar 1, 2026193 m21.4°C65 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 19, 2026 — seafloor 253 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Feb 19Mar 1, 2026 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Mar 1

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

Dives

65 m
Deepest dive
2:39
Longest dive
10
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
9
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010065 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (193 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 · Mar 1, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
193 m
Sea-surface temperature
21.4°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
193 m – 253 m
Sea-surface temperature
21.4°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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