Hippocampus – Residency
11th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Hippocampus @12747
Aug 1 – 21, 2023 · Gulf of Maine
Gulf of Maine · Aug 2023
40 m
Deepest dive
2:06
Longest dive
57
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 20
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2023 | 46 m | — | 40 m |
| Aug 11, 2023 | 12 m | — | 7 m |
| Aug 12, 2023 | 23 m | — | 21 m |
| Aug 12, 2023 | 56 m | — | 13 m |
| Aug 19, 2023 | 41 m | — | 37 m |
| Aug 21, 2023 | 24 m | — | 22 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
40 m
Deepest dive
2:06
Longest dive
57
Dives
12 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
20
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (46 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 1, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 46 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 12 m – 56 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.