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Gulf of Maine

Spoon – Residency

19th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Spoon
Spoon Confirmed in the catalog @4766
Jul 12 – Aug 16, 2021 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul – Aug 2021

45 m
Deepest dive
2:05
Longest dive
69
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
35

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 12, 202148 m—40 m
Jul 18, 202151 m—34 m
Jul 19, 202144 m—38 m
Jul 28, 202147 m—31 m
Jul 29, 202151 m—42 m
Aug 4, 202149 m—23 m
Aug 15, 2021109 m—45 m
Aug 16, 2021109 m—39 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 12, 2021 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 18, 2021 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 19, 2021 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 28, 2021 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 28Jul 29, 2021 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 4, 2021 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 15, 2021 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 16, 2021 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 16

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

Dives

45 m
Deepest dive
2:05
Longest dive
69
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
35
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255045 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 · 8 sightings

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

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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