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Gulf of California

HW-MN0521517 – Residency

4th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of HW-MN0521517
HW-MN0521517 Confirmed in the catalog @47197
Feb 4 – 18, 2023 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Feb 2023

245 m
Deepest dive
9:27
Longest dive
16
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
14
Deepest dive on record
245 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 4, 20231,033 m—245 m
Feb 18, 2023151 m—42 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 4, 2023 — seafloor 1,033 m (measured), deepest dive 245 m (modelled)Feb 4Feb 18, 2023 — seafloor 151 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Feb 18

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

Dives

245 m
Deepest dive
9:27
Longest dive
16
Dives
51 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
14
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250245 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,033 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 4, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
1,033 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
151 m – 1,033 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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