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Gulf of California

HW-MN0521477 – Residency

8th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of HW-MN0521477
HW-MN0521477 Confirmed in the catalog @47157
Jan 25 – 29, 2026 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Jan 2026

199 m
Deepest dive
7:34
Longest dive
56
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
4

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 25, 202664 m24.5°C39 m
Jan 28, 2026327 m24.1°C152 m
Jan 29, 2026110 m24.7°C97 m
Jan 29, 2026152 m24.7°C132 m
Jan 29, 20261,022 m24.7°C199 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, 2026 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jan 25Jan 28, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 152 m (modelled)Jan 28Jan 29, 2026 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Jan 29Jan 29, 2026 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 132 m (modelled)Jan 29Jan 29, 2026 — seafloor 1,022 m (measured), deepest dive 199 m (modelled)Jan 29

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

Dives

199 m
Deepest dive
7:34
Longest dive
56
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
4
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200199 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,022 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 29, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
1,022 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
64 m – 1,022 m
Sea-surface temperature
24.1°C – 24.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 5.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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