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Gulf of Maine

Fan – Residency

22nd sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Fan
Fan Confirmed in the catalog @4768
Aug 27 – Sep 27, 2025 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug – Sep 2025

82 m
Deepest dive
2:53
Longest dive
30
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
31

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 27, 202523 m—21 m
Sep 20, 2025133 m—82 m
Sep 27, 202575 m—47 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 27, 2025 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Aug 27Sep 20, 2025 — seafloor 133 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Sep 20Sep 27, 2025 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 27

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

Dives

82 m
Deepest dive
2:53
Longest dive
30
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
31
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010082 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (133 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 20, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
133 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
28.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
23 m – 133 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 28.0 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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