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Gulf of Maine

Breakers – Residency

20th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Breakers
Breakers Confirmed in the catalog @7304
Jul 22 – Sep 1, 2023 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul – Sep 2023

111 m
Deepest dive
3:56
Longest dive
75
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
41
Deepest dive on record
111 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 22, 2023123 m—111 m
Jul 30, 2023166 m—51 m
Jul 31, 202379 m—63 m
Aug 9, 202357 m—51 m
Aug 22, 202371 m—41 m
Aug 27, 202387 m—27 m
Sep 1, 202373 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
Jul 22, 2023 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 30Jul 31, 2023 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 9, 2023 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 22, 2023 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 22Aug 27, 2023 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Aug 27Sep 1, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Sep 1

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

Dives

111 m
Deepest dive
3:56
Longest dive
75
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
41
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150111 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (123 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 · Jul 22, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
123 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
57 m – 166 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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