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Gulf of California

CRC-19973 – Residency

4th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of CRC-19973
CRC-19973 Confirmed in the catalog @60185
Jan 13 – Feb 8, 2026 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Jan – Feb 2026

75 m
Deepest dive
3:15
Longest dive
16
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
27

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 13, 20261,022 m25.9°C59 m
Feb 8, 2026327 m23.3°C75 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 13, 2026 — seafloor 1,022 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jan 13Feb 8, 2026 — seafloor 327 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Feb 8

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

Dives

75 m
Deepest dive
3:15
Longest dive
16
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
27
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010075 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 8, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
327 m
Sea-surface temperature
23.3°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
327 m – 1,022 m
Sea-surface temperature
23.3°C – 25.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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