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Gulf of Maine

Pylon – Residency

7th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Pylon
Pylon Confirmed in the catalog @10665
Jul 16 – Sep 30, 2022 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul – Sep 2022

52 m
Deepest dive
2:22
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
76

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 16, 202299 m13.7°C33 m
Aug 6, 2022107 m17.5°C52 m
Aug 13, 202282 m15.5°C49 m
Aug 14, 202280 m13.7°C52 m
Aug 21, 202273 m15.3°C49 m
Sep 30, 202216 m13.7°C14 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 16, 2022 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 16Aug 6, 2022 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 13, 2022 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 13Aug 14, 2022 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 21, 2022 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 21Sep 30, 2022 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Sep 30

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

Dives

52 m
Deepest dive
2:22
Longest dive
52
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
76
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010052 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (80 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 · Aug 14, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C
Distance from shore
17.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
16 m – 107 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C – 17.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 17.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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