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Gulf of Maine

Draco – Residency

19th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Draco
Draco Confirmed in the catalog @11217
Jun 9 – Aug 25, 2024 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jun – Aug 2024

74 m
Deepest dive
3:24
Longest dive
83
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
77

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 9, 202482 m—74 m
Jul 21, 202486 m—56 m
Aug 3, 202458 m—50 m
Aug 23, 202435 m—32 m
Aug 25, 202445 m—33 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 9, 2024 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jun 9Jul 21, 2024 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 21Aug 3, 2024 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 23, 2024 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 25, 2024 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 25

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

Dives

74 m
Deepest dive
3:24
Longest dive
83
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
77
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010074 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (82 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 · Jun 9, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
82 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
35 m – 86 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 14.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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