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Gulf of California

CRC-17506 – Residency

7th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of CRC-17506
CRC-17506 Confirmed in the catalog @22466
Jan 31 – Feb 27, 2026 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Jan – Feb 2026

89 m
Deepest dive
3:37
Longest dive
55
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
27

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 31, 2026327 m24.4°C32 m
Feb 3, 2026327 m24.3°C77 m
Feb 3, 2026875 m24.9°C19 m
Feb 18, 202625 m23.1°C23 m
Feb 27, 202664 m22.9°C57 m
Feb 27, 2026327 m22.2°C89 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 31, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jan 31Feb 3, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Feb 3Feb 3, 2026 — seafloor 875 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Feb 3Feb 18, 2026 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Feb 18Feb 27, 2026 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Feb 27Feb 27, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Feb 27

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

Dives

89 m
Deepest dive
3:37
Longest dive
55
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
27
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010089 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 · Feb 27, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
327 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.2°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
25 m – 875 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.2°C – 24.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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