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Gulf of California

HW-MN0520973 – Residency

7th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of HW-MN0520973
HW-MN0520973 Confirmed in the catalog @46527
Jan 25 – Feb 14, 2025 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Jan – Feb 2025

104 m
Deepest dive
3:42
Longest dive
89
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
20
Deepest dive on record
104 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 25, 202540 m—20 m
Jan 25, 2025379 m—104 m
Feb 9, 2025882 m—66 m
Feb 10, 202535 m—31 m
Feb 10, 2025331 m—38 m
Feb 14, 202531 m—27 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 25, 2025 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jan 25Jan 25, 2025 — seafloor 379 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Jan 25Feb 9, 2025 — seafloor 882 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Feb 9Feb 10, 2025 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Feb 10Feb 10, 2025 — seafloor 331 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Feb 10Feb 14, 2025 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Feb 14

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

Dives

104 m
Deepest dive
3:42
Longest dive
89
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
20
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150104 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (379 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 25, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
379 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
31 m – 882 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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