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Gulf of Maine

Prongs – Residency

10th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Prongs
Prongs Confirmed in the catalog @16940
Jun 16 – Oct 3, 2024 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jun – Oct 2024

91 m
Deepest dive
3:28
Longest dive
100
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
109

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 16, 2024101 m—63 m
Jul 20, 2024144 m—43 m
Jul 20, 2024105 m—79 m
Aug 18, 202477 m—45 m
Aug 18, 2024175 m—59 m
Aug 27, 202454 m—45 m
Sep 4, 202461 m—52 m
Oct 3, 2024110 m—91 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 16, 2024 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jun 16Jul 20, 2024 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 20, 2024 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 20Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 175 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 27, 2024 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 27Sep 4, 2024 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Sep 4Oct 3, 2024 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Oct 3

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

Dives

91 m
Deepest dive
3:28
Longest dive
100
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
109
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010091 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (110 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 3, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
110 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
23.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m – 175 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 23.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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