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Gulf of Maine

Sword – Residency

18th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Sword
Sword Confirmed in the catalog @4765
Sep 10 – Oct 29, 2022 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Sep – Oct 2022

40 m
Deepest dive
1:26
Longest dive
14
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
48

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 10, 202246 m—40 m
Oct 29, 202228 m—19 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 10, 2022 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 10Oct 29, 2022 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Oct 29

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

Dives

40 m
Deepest dive
1:26
Longest dive
14
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
48
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255040 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 · Sep 10, 2022

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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