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Gulf of California

HW-MN0521821 – Residency

5th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of HW-MN0521821
HW-MN0521821 Confirmed in the catalog @47588
Dec 17, 2025 – Feb 21, 2026 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026

97 m
Deepest dive
3:51
Longest dive
48
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
66

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 17, 2025327 m—77 m
Feb 21, 2026687 m22.8°C97 m
Feb 21, 2026784 m22.8°C53 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 17, 2025 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Dec 17Feb 21, 2026 — seafloor 687 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Feb 21Feb 21, 2026 — seafloor 784 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Feb 21

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

Dives

97 m
Deepest dive
3:51
Longest dive
48
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
66
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010097 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (687 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 21, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
687 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.8°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
327 m – 784 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.8°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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