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Gulf of California

SPLASH-470720 – Residency

10th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of SPLASH-470720
SPLASH-470720 Confirmed in the catalog @49933
Feb 15 – Mar 16, 2023 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Feb – Mar 2023

165 m
Deepest dive
6:07
Longest dive
171
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
29
Deepest dive on record
165 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 15, 20231 m—1 m
Feb 21, 2023652 m—45 m
Feb 27, 2023793 m—165 m
Feb 27, 20236 m—5 m
Mar 4, 202349 m—45 m
Mar 5, 202314 m—13 m
Mar 6, 202314 m—13 m
Mar 8, 2023355 m—66 m
Mar 10, 2023600 m—59 m
Mar 16, 20238 m—7 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 15, 2023 — seafloor 1 m (measured), deepest dive 1 m (modelled)Feb 15Feb 21, 2023 — seafloor 652 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Feb 21Feb 27, 2023 — seafloor 793 m (measured), deepest dive 165 m (modelled)Feb 27Feb 27, 2023 — seafloor 6 m (measured), deepest dive 5 m (modelled)Feb 27Mar 4, 2023 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Mar 4Mar 5, 2023 — seafloor 14 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Mar 5Mar 6, 2023 — seafloor 14 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Mar 6Mar 8, 2023 — seafloor 355 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Mar 8Mar 10, 2023 — seafloor 600 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Mar 10Mar 16, 2023 — seafloor 8 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)Mar 16

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

Dives

165 m
Deepest dive
6:07
Longest dive
171
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
29
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200165 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (793 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 27, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
793 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
1 m – 793 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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