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Gulf of California

CRC-20618 – Residency

9th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of CRC-20618
CRC-20618 Confirmed in the catalog @79550
Feb 18 – Mar 8, 2023 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Feb – Mar 2023

94 m
Deepest dive
3:25
Longest dive
122
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
18
Deepest dive on record
94 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 18, 2023361 m—43 m
Feb 19, 2023266 m—94 m
Feb 28, 202364 m—54 m
Mar 1, 2023626 m—27 m
Mar 2, 2023562 m—94 m
Mar 6, 2023101 m—73 m
Mar 7, 2023568 m—87 m
Mar 8, 202326 m—24 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 18, 2023 — seafloor 361 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Feb 18Feb 19, 2023 — seafloor 266 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Feb 19Feb 28, 2023 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Feb 28Mar 1, 2023 — seafloor 626 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Mar 1Mar 2, 2023 — seafloor 562 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Mar 2Mar 6, 2023 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Mar 6Mar 7, 2023 — seafloor 568 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Mar 7Mar 8, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Mar 8

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

Dives

94 m
Deepest dive
3:25
Longest dive
122
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
18
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010094 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (562 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 2, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
562 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 626 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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