Spell – Residency
12th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Spell @15312
Jun 11 – Aug 19, 2023 · Gulf of Maine
Gulf of Maine · Jun – Aug 2023
42 m
Deepest dive
2:22
Longest dive
91
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 69
- Deepest dive on record
- 42 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2023 | 28 m | — | 25 m |
| Jun 21, 2023 | 61 m | — | 15 m |
| Jun 29, 2023 | 28 m | — | 22 m |
| Jul 3, 2023 | 73 m | — | 38 m |
| Jul 16, 2023 | 23 m | — | 19 m |
| Jul 28, 2023 | 46 m | — | 42 m |
| Aug 10, 2023 | 39 m | — | 21 m |
| Aug 19, 2023 | 30 m | — | 24 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
42 m
Deepest dive
2:22
Longest dive
91
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
69
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 · Jul 28, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 46 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 23 m – 73 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 34.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.