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Gulf of California

HW-MN0521012 – Residency

2nd sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of HW-MN0521012
HW-MN0521012 Confirmed in the catalog @46644
Feb 3 – Mar 8, 2021 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Feb – Mar 2021

53 m
Deepest dive
2:27
Longest dive
35
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
33

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 3, 20211,362 m—53 m
Mar 4, 2021749 m—44 m
Mar 8, 20219 m—8 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 3, 2021 — seafloor 1,362 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Feb 3Mar 4, 2021 — seafloor 749 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Mar 4Mar 8, 2021 — seafloor 9 m (measured), deepest dive 8 m (modelled)Mar 8

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

Dives

53 m
Deepest dive
2:27
Longest dive
35
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
33
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010053 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,362 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 3, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
1,362 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
9 m – 1,362 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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