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Gulf of Maine

Sword – Residency

16th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Sword
Sword Confirmed in the catalog @4765
Aug 8 – 16, 2021 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug 2021

89 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
66
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
8

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 8, 202183 m—45 m
Aug 10, 202149 m—33 m
Aug 15, 2021109 m—89 m
Aug 16, 2021109 m—33 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 8, 2021 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 10, 2021 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 15, 2021 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 16, 2021 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 16

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

Dives

89 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
66
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
8
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010089 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (109 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, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
109 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
26.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
49 m – 109 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 26.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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