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Gulf of Maine

Ridgeline – Residency

8th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Ridgeline
Ridgeline Confirmed in the catalog @12737
Jun 26 – Aug 6, 2022 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jun – Aug 2022

96 m
Deepest dive
4:25
Longest dive
42
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
41

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 26, 202278 m12.4°C35 m
Jul 7, 202235 m12.9°C30 m
Jul 20, 2022118 m14.7°C96 m
Aug 3, 202278 m17.3°C45 m
Aug 6, 2022107 m17.5°C40 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 26, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jun 26Jul 7, 2022 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 20, 2022 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Jul 20Aug 3, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 6, 2022 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 6

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

Dives

96 m
Deepest dive
4:25
Longest dive
42
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
41
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010096 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (118 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 · Jul 20, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
118 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.7°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
35 m – 118 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C – 17.5°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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