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Gulf of California

SPLASH-470295 – Residency

6th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of SPLASH-470295
SPLASH-470295 Confirmed in the catalog @50004
Jan 22 – Feb 9, 2026 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Jan – Feb 2026

184 m
Deepest dive
6:22
Longest dive
57
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
18
Deepest dive on record
184 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 22, 2026327 m25.2°C79 m
Feb 3, 2026327 m24.3°C103 m
Feb 6, 2026327 m24.3°C183 m
Feb 9, 2026327 m23.0°C184 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 22, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jan 22Feb 3, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Feb 3Feb 6, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 183 m (modelled)Feb 6Feb 9, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 184 m (modelled)Feb 9

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

Dives

184 m
Deepest dive
6:22
Longest dive
57
Dives
35 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
18
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200184 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (327 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 9, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
327 m
Sea-surface temperature
23.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
327 m
Sea-surface temperature
23.0°C – 25.2°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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