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Gulf of Maine

Tear – Residency

10th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Tear
Tear Confirmed in the catalog @17000
Jul 30 – Aug 31, 2024 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul – Aug 2024

50 m
Deepest dive
2:09
Longest dive
80
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
32

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 30, 202430 m—22 m
Aug 25, 202432 m—18 m
Aug 25, 202424 m—16 m
Aug 25, 202437 m—32 m
Aug 30, 202459 m—50 m
Aug 31, 202435 m—22 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 30, 2024 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 25, 2024 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 25, 2024 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 25, 2024 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 30, 2024 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 30Aug 31, 2024 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Aug 31

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

Dives

50 m
Deepest dive
2:09
Longest dive
80
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
32
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255050 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (59 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, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
59 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
24 m – 59 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 31.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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