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Gulf of California

HW-MN0525240 – Residency

4th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of HW-MN0525240
HW-MN0525240 Confirmed in the catalog @155984
Feb 15 – Mar 4, 2026 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Feb – Mar 2026

158 m
Deepest dive
5:34
Longest dive
51
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
18
Deepest dive on record
158 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 15, 202666 m—38 m
Feb 15, 202666 m—60 m
Mar 1, 2026193 m21.4°C158 m
Mar 4, 202690 m—46 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 15, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Feb 15Feb 15, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Feb 15Mar 1, 2026 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 158 m (modelled)Mar 1Mar 4, 2026 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Mar 4

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

Dives

158 m
Deepest dive
5:34
Longest dive
51
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
18
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200158 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 · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
66 m – 193 m
Sea-surface temperature
21.4°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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