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Gulf of Maine

Sword – Residency

12th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Sword
Sword Confirmed in the catalog @4765
Jul 20 – Oct 13, 2018 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul – Oct 2018

101 m
Deepest dive
4:44
Longest dive
19
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
85

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 20, 2018101 m—33 m
Sep 23, 201846 m—38 m
Oct 13, 2018146 m—101 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 20, 2018 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 20Sep 23, 2018 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 23Oct 13, 2018 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Oct 13

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

Dives

101 m
Deepest dive
4:44
Longest dive
19
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
85
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150101 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (146 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 · Oct 13, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
146 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
30.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m – 146 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 30.0 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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