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American Cetacean Society Cetacean Curriculum
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| SPECIES | MAX TIME | MAX DIVE DEPTH |
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| Pacific White Sided Dolphin | 5 minutes | 210 m |
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| Bottlenose Dolphin | 10 minutes | 535 m |
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| Killer Whale | 15 minutes | 250 m |
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| Narwhal | 20 minutes | 1000 m |
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| Humpback Whale | 20 minutes | 150 m |
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| Gray Whale | 25 minutes | 170 m |
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| Fin Whale | 30 minutes | 500 m |
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| Blue Whale | 50 minutes | 100 m |
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| Bowhead Whale | 80 minutes | 300 m |
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| Bottlenose Whale | 120 minutes | 1000 m |
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| Sperm Whale | 140 minutes | 3000 m |
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All times and depths approximate maximums.
Numbers based on information found in Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises (Mark Carwardine, 1995), and Marine Mammals - Evolutionary Biology (Annalisa Berta & James L. Sumich, 1999)
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