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Gulf of Maine

Pitcher – Residency

23rd sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Pitcher
Pitcher Confirmed in the catalog @14961
Jul 12 – Oct 5, 2025 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul – Oct 2025

60 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
120
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
85

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 12, 202544 m—33 m
Jul 22, 202545 m—29 m
Jul 29, 202533 m—21 m
Aug 2, 202557 m—51 m
Aug 16, 202599 m—45 m
Aug 29, 202546 m—42 m
Sep 1, 202551 m—35 m
Sep 6, 202567 m—38 m
Sep 13, 202554 m—40 m
Oct 3, 202598 m—53 m
Oct 5, 202575 m—60 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 12, 2025 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 22, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 29, 2025 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 2, 2025 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 16, 2025 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 29, 2025 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 1, 2025 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 6, 2025 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 13, 2025 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 13Oct 3, 2025 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 3Oct 5, 2025 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Oct 5

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

Dives

60 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
120
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
85
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010060 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (75 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 · Oct 5, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
75 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
33 m – 99 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 30.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 11 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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