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Gulf of California

HW-MN0520632 – Residency

4th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of HW-MN0520632
HW-MN0520632 Confirmed in the catalog @29084
Feb 2 – Mar 18, 2023 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Feb – Mar 2023

233 m
Deepest dive
7:55
Longest dive
77
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
44
Deepest dive on record
233 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 2, 20231,309 m—233 m
Feb 2, 20231,295 m—167 m
Feb 13, 20231,360 m—120 m
Mar 18, 202316 m—12 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 2, 2023 — seafloor 1,309 m (measured), deepest dive 233 m (modelled)Feb 2Feb 2, 2023 — seafloor 1,295 m (measured), deepest dive 167 m (modelled)Feb 2Feb 13, 2023 — seafloor 1,360 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Feb 13Mar 18, 2023 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 12 m (modelled)Mar 18

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

Dives

233 m
Deepest dive
7:55
Longest dive
77
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
44
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250233 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,309 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 2, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
1,309 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 1,360 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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