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Gulf of Maine

Owl – Residency

24th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Owl
Owl Confirmed in the catalog @18521
Jun 1 – Sep 20, 2025 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jun – Sep 2025

89 m
Deepest dive
3:21
Longest dive
108
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
111

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 1, 202558 m—30 m
Jun 3, 202553 m—49 m
Aug 16, 202567 m—28 m
Aug 16, 202599 m—89 m
Aug 17, 202598 m—41 m
Sep 13, 202547 m—34 m
Sep 13, 202545 m—38 m
Sep 20, 202567 m—39 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 1, 2025 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jun 1Jun 3, 2025 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jun 3Aug 16, 2025 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 16, 2025 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 17, 2025 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 17Sep 13, 2025 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 13, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 20, 2025 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Sep 20

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

Dives

89 m
Deepest dive
3:21
Longest dive
108
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
111
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010089 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (99 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 16, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
99 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
30.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m – 99 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km – 35.0 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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