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Gulf of Maine

Dross – Residency

49th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Dross
Dross Confirmed in the catalog @15615
Jun 3 – Sep 20, 2025 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jun – Sep 2025

57 m
Deepest dive
2:39
Longest dive
99
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
110

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 3, 202552 m12.0°C45 m
Jul 13, 202559 m19.0°C51 m
Aug 9, 202562 m20.4°C39 m
Aug 27, 202557 m18.6°C30 m
Sep 6, 202533 m19.6°C30 m
Sep 6, 202562 m19.6°C55 m
Sep 13, 202598 m17.7°C57 m
Sep 20, 202554 m18.0°C48 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 3, 2025 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jun 3Jul 13, 2025 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 13Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 27, 2025 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 27Sep 6, 2025 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 6, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 13, 2025 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 20, 2025 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 20

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

Dives

57 m
Deepest dive
2:39
Longest dive
99
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
110
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010057 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (98 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 13, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
98 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.7°C
Distance from shore
29.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
33 m – 98 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 20.4°C
Distance from shore
8.0 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 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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