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Gulf of Maine

Grommet – Residency

7th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Grommet
Grommet Confirmed in the catalog @19679
Jul 2 – Aug 29, 2024 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul – Aug 2024

50 m
Deepest dive
1:32
Longest dive
18
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
58

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 2, 202460 m13.4°C50 m
Aug 29, 202445 m14.7°C40 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 2, 2024 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 2Aug 29, 2024 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 29

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

Dives

50 m
Deepest dive
1:32
Longest dive
18
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
58
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255050 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (60 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 · Jul 2, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
60 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C
Distance from shore
51.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m – 60 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C – 14.7°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km – 51.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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