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Gulf of California

Orbit – Residency

5th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of Orbit
Orbit Confirmed in the catalog @34630
Jan 31 – Feb 8, 2024 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Jan – Feb 2024

70 m
Deepest dive
2:24
Longest dive
42
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
8

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 31, 202411 m—10 m
Jan 31, 202462 m—49 m
Feb 6, 202421 m—17 m
Feb 8, 20241,673 m—70 m
Feb 8, 202437 m—26 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, 2024 — seafloor 11 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Jan 31Jan 31, 2024 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jan 31Feb 6, 2024 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Feb 6Feb 8, 2024 — seafloor 1,673 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Feb 8Feb 8, 2024 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Feb 8

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

Dives

70 m
Deepest dive
2:24
Longest dive
42
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
8
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010070 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,673 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 8, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
1,673 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
11 m – 1,673 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 14.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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