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Gulf of Maine

Pylon – Residency

14th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Pylon
Pylon Confirmed in the catalog @10665
Jul 9 – Sep 27, 2023 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul – Sep 2023

134 m
Deepest dive
4:22
Longest dive
76
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
80

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 9, 2023106 m12.3°C28 m
Jul 29, 2023174 m16.8°C134 m
Jul 30, 2023166 m15.9°C91 m
Aug 15, 202363 m14.6°C49 m
Aug 21, 202380 m14.5°C67 m
Aug 22, 202371 m14.6°C58 m
Aug 28, 2023120 m15.4°C81 m
Sep 24, 2023111 m12.0°C76 m
Sep 27, 202333 m12.4°C10 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 9, 2023 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 174 m (measured), deepest dive 134 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 15, 2023 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 21, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 22, 2023 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 22Aug 28, 2023 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Aug 28Sep 24, 2023 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 27, 2023 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Sep 27

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

Dives

134 m
Deepest dive
4:22
Longest dive
76
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
80
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150134 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (174 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Jul 29, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
174 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.8°C
Distance from shore
17.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
33 m – 174 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 16.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 28.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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