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Gulf of Maine

Tectonic – Residency

2nd sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Tectonic
Tectonic Confirmed in the catalog @21964
Aug 31 – Sep 4, 2008 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug – Sep 2008

94 m
Deepest dive
2:26
Longest dive
22
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
3
Deepest dive on record
94 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 31, 200851 m—29 m
Sep 4, 2008146 m—94 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 31, 2008 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 4, 2008 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Sep 4

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

Dives

94 m
Deepest dive
2:26
Longest dive
22
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
3
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010094 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (146 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 · Sep 4, 2008

measured
Seafloor depth
146 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
52.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
51 m – 146 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
22.0 km – 52.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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