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Gulf of Maine

Bayou – Residency

9th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Bayou
Bayou Confirmed in the catalog @12736
Aug 3 – 25, 2021 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug 2021

48 m
Deepest dive
2:04
Longest dive
27
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
22

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 3, 202160 m—48 m
Aug 8, 202146 m—34 m
Aug 25, 202168 m—47 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 3, 2021 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 8, 2021 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 25, 2021 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 25

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

Dives

48 m
Deepest dive
2:04
Longest dive
27
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
22
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255048 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (60 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 3, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
60 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
54.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m – 68 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 54.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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