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Gulf of Maine

Arcus – Residency

13th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Arcus
Arcus Confirmed in the catalog @25263
Aug 24 – Sep 11, 2024 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug – Sep 2024

31 m
Deepest dive
1:47
Longest dive
60
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
18

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 24, 202439 m—25 m
Aug 25, 202432 m—21 m
Aug 25, 202424 m—21 m
Aug 31, 202435 m—30 m
Sep 2, 202442 m—26 m
Sep 10, 202428 m—23 m
Sep 11, 202440 m—31 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 24, 2024 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 25, 2024 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 25, 2024 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 31, 2024 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 2, 2024 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 10, 2024 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 11, 2024 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Sep 11

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

Dives

31 m
Deepest dive
1:47
Longest dive
60
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
18
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255031 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (40 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 11, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
40 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
24 m – 42 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 31.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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