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Gulf of California

CRC-20446 – Residency

4th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of CRC-20446
CRC-20446 Confirmed in the catalog @16182
Mar 18 – 25, 2026 · Gulf of California

Gulf Days, Right on Time

Warm water, easy heat, and folks catching me more than once this spring.

98 m
Deepest dive
2:57
Longest dive
23
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
7
Deepest dive on record
98 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 18, 2026327 m22.6°C98 m
Mar 22, 2026327 m22.8°C16 m
Mar 25, 2026658 m23.1°C74 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 18, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Mar 18Mar 22, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Mar 22Mar 25, 2026 — seafloor 658 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Mar 25

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

Dives

98 m
Deepest dive
2:57
Longest dive
23
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
7
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010098 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (327 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 18, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
327 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
327 m – 658 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.6°C – 23.1°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 5.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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