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Gulf of California

Blizzard – Residency

2nd sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of Blizzard
Blizzard Confirmed in the catalog @192
Jan 12 – Feb 14, 2023 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Jan – Feb 2023

82 m
Deepest dive
3:24
Longest dive
66
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
33

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 12, 2023122 m—66 m
Jan 12, 2023761 m—82 m
Feb 14, 202365 m—60 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jan 12, 2023 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jan 12Jan 12, 2023 — seafloor 761 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jan 12Feb 14, 2023 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Feb 14

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

Dives

82 m
Deepest dive
3:24
Longest dive
66
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
33
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010082 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (761 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 · Jan 12, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
761 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
65 m – 761 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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