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Gulf of Maine

Salt – Residency

11th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Salt
Salt Confirmed in the catalog @19670
Aug 23 – Oct 19, 2023 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug – Oct 2023

46 m
Deepest dive
2:12
Longest dive
62
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
57

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 23, 202354 m—46 m
Oct 10, 202325 m—23 m
Oct 19, 202330 m—26 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 23, 2023 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 23Oct 10, 2023 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Oct 10Oct 19, 2023 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Oct 19

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

Dives

46 m
Deepest dive
2:12
Longest dive
62
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
57
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255046 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (54 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 23, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
22.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
25 m – 54 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
14.0 km – 22.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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