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Gulf of Maine

Pierce – Residency

17th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Pierce
Pierce Confirmed in the catalog @29660
Jul 18 – Sep 28, 2025 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul – Sep 2025

86 m
Deepest dive
3:40
Longest dive
154
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
72

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 18, 202596 m—11 m
Jul 19, 2025104 m—80 m
Jul 23, 202537 m—16 m
Aug 2, 2025111 m—85 m
Aug 9, 202561 m—24 m
Aug 10, 202535 m—31 m
Aug 14, 202535 m—30 m
Aug 15, 202545 m—29 m
Aug 15, 2025177 m—86 m
Aug 31, 20253 m—2 m
Sep 4, 2025146 m—69 m
Sep 9, 2025146 m—78 m
Sep 9, 202522 m—12 m
Sep 28, 202548 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
Jul 18, 2025 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 19, 2025 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2025 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2025 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2025 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2025 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 15, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2025 — seafloor 177 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2025 — seafloor 3 m (measured), deepest dive 2 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 4, 2025 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2025 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2025 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 12 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 28, 2025 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)

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

Dives

86 m
Deepest dive
3:40
Longest dive
154
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
72
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010086 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (177 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 15, 2025

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

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
3 m – 177 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 35.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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