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Gulf of California

CRC-17883 – Residency

2nd sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of CRC-17883
CRC-17883 Confirmed in the catalog @43483
Feb 5 – 15, 2026 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Feb 2026

71 m
Deepest dive
3:34
Longest dive
24
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
10
Deepest dive on record
71 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 5, 202698 m24.9°C71 m
Feb 15, 20261,047 m22.9°C61 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 5, 2026 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Feb 5Feb 15, 2026 — seafloor 1,047 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Feb 15

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

Dives

71 m
Deepest dive
3:34
Longest dive
24
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
10
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010071 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (98 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 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
98 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
98 m – 1,047 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.9°C – 24.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 26.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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