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Gulf of Maine

Decimal – Residency

12th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Decimal
Decimal Confirmed in the catalog @22531
Aug 19 – Sep 13, 2025 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug – Sep 2025

59 m
Deepest dive
2:26
Longest dive
31
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
25

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 19, 202598 m—59 m
Aug 30, 202544 m—34 m
Sep 13, 202562 m—35 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 19, 2025 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 30, 2025 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 30Sep 13, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Sep 13

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

Dives

59 m
Deepest dive
2:26
Longest dive
31
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
25
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010059 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (98 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 19, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
98 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
53.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
44 m – 98 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km – 53.0 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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