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Gulf of California

Bandit – Residency

3rd sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of Bandit
Bandit Confirmed in the catalog @73855
Feb 26, 2025 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Feb 2025

25 m
Deepest dive
1:15
Longest dive
17
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)
Feb 26, 202535 m20.4°C25 m
Feb 26, 202520 m20.5°C16 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 26, 2025 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Feb 26Feb 26, 2025 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Feb 26

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

Dives

25 m
Deepest dive
1:15
Longest dive
17
Dives
11 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
0255025 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (35 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 26, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
35 m
Sea-surface temperature
20.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
20 m – 35 m
Sea-surface temperature
20.4°C – 20.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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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