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Gulf of Maine

Eruption – Residency

8th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Eruption
Eruption Confirmed in the catalog @11433
May 4 – Oct 13, 2018 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · May – Oct 2018

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
162

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 4, 201833 m——
May 26, 201826 m——
Aug 16, 201855 m——
Oct 13, 201845 m——

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 4, 2018 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 4May 26, 2018 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)May 26Aug 16, 2018 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 16Oct 13, 2018 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 13

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

Dives

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
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Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
162
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
02550startdive sequence (illustrative)

Modelled from the published dive-behaviour distribution. 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 · Oct 13, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m
Sea-surface temperature
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Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 55 m
Sea-surface temperature
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Distance from shore
9.0 km – 29.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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