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Gulf of Maine

Cotter – Residency

3rd sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Cotter
Cotter Confirmed in the catalog @143240
Aug 15 – Sep 3, 2025 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug – Sep 2025

57 m
Deepest dive
2:30
Longest dive
26
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
19

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 15, 2025164 m—44 m
Sep 2, 2025138 m—54 m
Sep 3, 2025187 m—57 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 15, 2025 — seafloor 164 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 15Sep 2, 2025 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 3, 2025 — seafloor 187 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 3

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

Dives

57 m
Deepest dive
2:30
Longest dive
26
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
19
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010057 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (187 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 · Sep 3, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
187 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
28.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
138 m – 187 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
25.0 km – 36.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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