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Gulf of California

HW-MN0522351 – Residency

7th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of HW-MN0522351
HW-MN0522351 Confirmed in the catalog @48161
Mar 18 – 21, 2026 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Mar 2026

51 m
Deepest dive
2:05
Longest dive
19
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
3

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 18, 2026107 m22.6°C46 m
Mar 21, 202661 m23.0°C51 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 18, 2026 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Mar 18Mar 21, 2026 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Mar 21

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

Dives

51 m
Deepest dive
2:05
Longest dive
19
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
3
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010051 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (61 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 · Mar 21, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m
Sea-surface temperature
23.0°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 107 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.6°C – 23.0°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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