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Gulf of the Farallones

Pacificaro GCNC – Residency

1st sighting in Gulf of the Farallones
Fluke of Pacificaro GCNC
Pacificaro GCNC Confirmed in the catalog @93956
Jul 31 – Oct 3, 2024 · Gulf of the Farallones

Gulf of the Farallones · Jul – Oct 2024

45 m
Deepest dive
2:03
Longest dive
59
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
64

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 31, 20246 m—6 m
Jul 31, 202414 m—13 m
Aug 10, 202410 m—9 m
Sep 30, 202450 m—45 m
Oct 3, 202433 m—29 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 31, 2024 — seafloor 6 m (measured), deepest dive 6 m (modelled)Jul 31Jul 31, 2024 — seafloor 14 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 10, 2024 — seafloor 10 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Aug 10Sep 30, 2024 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 3, 2024 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Oct 3

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

Dives

45 m
Deepest dive
2:03
Longest dive
59
Dives
11 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
64
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255045 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (50 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 · Sep 30, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
50 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
6 m – 50 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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