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Gulf of Maine

Ridgeline – Residency

23rd sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Ridgeline
Ridgeline Confirmed in the catalog @12737
Jul 4 – Sep 2, 2025 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul – Sep 2025

91 m
Deepest dive
4:58
Longest dive
128
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
60

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 4, 2025104 m15.2°C91 m
Jul 5, 2025104 m14.9°C27 m
Jul 18, 202596 m14.3°C54 m
Jul 19, 2025104 m14.2°C71 m
Jul 23, 202537 m13.2°C32 m
Aug 20, 2025102 m16.0°C53 m
Aug 23, 202595 m15.6°C71 m
Aug 31, 2025146 m12.8°C79 m
Sep 1, 202580 m13.0°C73 m
Sep 2, 2025146 m13.7°C70 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 4, 2025 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 5, 2025 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 18, 2025 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 19, 2025 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 23, 2025 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 23Aug 20, 2025 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 23, 2025 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 31, 2025 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 1, 2025 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 2, 2025 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Sep 2

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

Dives

91 m
Deepest dive
4:58
Longest dive
128
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
60
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010091 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (104 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 4, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
104 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
37 m – 146 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.8°C – 16.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 20.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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