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Gulf of Maine

Dross – Residency

32nd sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Dross
Dross Confirmed in the catalog @15615
Aug 18 – 30, 2022 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug 2022

84 m
Deepest dive
3:43
Longest dive
79
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
12

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 18, 20225 m19.7°C4 m
Aug 20, 202253 m18.5°C25 m
Aug 30, 202298 m20.7°C59 m
Aug 30, 2022103 m20.4°C84 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 18, 2022 — seafloor 5 m (measured), deepest dive 4 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 20, 2022 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 30, 2022 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 30Aug 30, 2022 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Aug 30

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

Dives

84 m
Deepest dive
3:43
Longest dive
79
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
12
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010084 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (103 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 · Aug 30, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
103 m
Sea-surface temperature
20.4°C
Distance from shore
21.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
5 m – 103 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.5°C – 20.7°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 29.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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