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Gulf of California

Fade – Residency

1st sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of Fade
Fade Confirmed in the catalog @586
Mar 13, 2022 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Mar 2022

198 m
Deepest dive
5:59
Longest dive
19
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
Same day

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 13, 20221,673 m22.5°C198 m
Mar 13, 2022205 m21.8°C145 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 13, 2022 — seafloor 1,673 m (measured), deepest dive 198 m (modelled)Mar 13Mar 13, 2022 — seafloor 205 m (measured), deepest dive 145 m (modelled)Mar 13

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

Dives

198 m
Deepest dive
5:59
Longest dive
19
Dives
48 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
Same day
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200198 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,673 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 13, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
1,673 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.5°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
205 m – 1,673 m
Sea-surface temperature
21.8°C – 22.5°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 14.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR 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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