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Gulf of Maine

Sword – Residency

7th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Sword
Sword Confirmed in the catalog @4765
Aug 5 – Sep 10, 2016 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug – Sep 2016

57 m
Deepest dive
2:25
Longest dive
44
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
35

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 5, 201646 m—27 m
Aug 16, 201641 m—36 m
Sep 10, 201664 m—57 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 5, 2016 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 16, 2016 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 16Sep 10, 2016 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 10

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

Dives

57 m
Deepest dive
2:25
Longest dive
44
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
35
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010057 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (64 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 10, 2016

measured
Seafloor depth
64 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
41 m – 64 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 9.0 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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