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Gulf of Maine

Ridgeline – Residency

13th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Ridgeline
Ridgeline Confirmed in the catalog @12737
Jun 11 – Sep 24, 2023 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jun – Sep 2023

145 m
Deepest dive
5:39
Longest dive
82
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
105
Deepest dive on record
145 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 11, 2023100 m9.4°C82 m
Jul 12, 2023119 m13.7°C71 m
Jul 20, 2023128 m11.6°C49 m
Jul 23, 202345 m15.4°C40 m
Jul 29, 2023174 m16.8°C108 m
Jul 30, 2023166 m15.9°C145 m
Aug 7, 2023102 m14.6°C45 m
Sep 24, 2023111 m12.0°C69 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 11, 2023 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jun 11Jul 12, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 23, 2023 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 23Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 174 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 145 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 7, 2023 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 7Sep 24, 2023 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Sep 24

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

Dives

145 m
Deepest dive
5:39
Longest dive
82
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
105
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150145 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (166 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 30, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
166 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.9°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m – 174 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.4°C – 16.8°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 22.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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