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Gulf of Maine

Sword – Residency

4th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Sword
Sword Confirmed in the catalog @4765
Aug 13 – Sep 22, 2014 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug – Sep 2014

41 m
Deepest dive
1:31
Longest dive
24
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
41

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 13, 201446 m—41 m
Sep 22, 201428 m—26 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 13, 2014 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 13Sep 22, 2014 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Sep 22

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

Dives

41 m
Deepest dive
1:31
Longest dive
24
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
41
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255041 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (46 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 13, 2014

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
28 m – 46 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 25.0 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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