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Gulf of California

CRC-15178 – Residency

9th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of CRC-15178
CRC-15178 Confirmed in the catalog @303
Jan 4 – Feb 1, 2026 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Jan – Feb 2026

295 m
Deepest dive
9:16
Longest dive
29
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
28
Deepest dive on record
295 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 4, 202648 m26.1°C41 m
Jan 22, 2026327 m25.2°C295 m
Feb 1, 2026327 m24.3°C203 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 4, 2026 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jan 4Jan 22, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 295 m (modelled)Jan 22Feb 1, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 203 m (modelled)Feb 1

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

Dives

295 m
Deepest dive
9:16
Longest dive
29
Dives
40 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
28
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300295 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 · Jan 22, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
327 m
Sea-surface temperature
25.2°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m – 327 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.3°C – 26.1°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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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