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Gulf of Maine

Dross – Residency

28th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Dross
Dross Confirmed in the catalog @15615
Jun 10 – Oct 2, 2021 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jun – Oct 2021

100 m
Deepest dive
4:18
Longest dive
202
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
114
Deepest dive on record
100 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 10, 202134 m17.3°C13 m
Jun 25, 202144 m16.6°C32 m
Jun 27, 2021109 m17.4°C100 m
Jun 27, 202147 m17.1°C43 m
Jun 28, 202131 m17.3°C25 m
Jul 4, 202129 m16.3°C23 m
Jul 22, 202162 m20.1°C48 m
Jul 26, 202143 m20.7°C37 m
Aug 1, 202128 m19.4°C24 m
Aug 7, 202128 m19.8°C24 m
Aug 21, 202135 m21.6°C17 m
Aug 27, 202162 m21.7°C54 m
Sep 4, 202147 m18.5°C35 m
Sep 7, 202183 m18.6°C39 m
Oct 2, 202128 m17.2°C25 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 10, 2021 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Jun 10Jun 25, 2021 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jun 27, 2021 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Jun 27, 2021 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 27Jun 28, 2021 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jul 4, 2021 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2021 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 26, 2021 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2021 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2021 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 21, 2021 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2021 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2021 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 7, 2021 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2021 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)

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

Dives

100 m
Deepest dive
4:18
Longest dive
202
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
114
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
050100100 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (109 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 · Jun 27, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
109 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.4°C
Distance from shore
26.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
28 m – 109 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.3°C – 21.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 32.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 15 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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