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Gulf of California

HW-MN0523208 – Residency

3rd sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of HW-MN0523208
HW-MN0523208 Confirmed in the catalog @99095
Jan 17 – 18, 2023 · Gulf of California

Gulf of California · Jan 2023

108 m
Deepest dive
4:58
Longest dive
28
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
1
Deepest dive on record
108 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 17, 20231,095 m—108 m
Jan 17, 20231,082 m—33 m
Jan 18, 2023111 m—99 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 17, 2023 — seafloor 1,095 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Jan 17Jan 17, 2023 — seafloor 1,082 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jan 17Jan 18, 2023 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Jan 18

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

Dives

108 m
Deepest dive
4:58
Longest dive
28
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150108 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,095 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 · Jan 17, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
1,095 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
111 m – 1,095 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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