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Gulf of Maine

Pinball – Residency

39th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Pinball
Pinball Confirmed in the catalog @7315
Jul 7 – Sep 11, 2025 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul – Sep 2025

53 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
68
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
65

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 7, 202557 m19.5°C40 m
Jul 18, 202556 m20.9°C32 m
Jul 29, 202575 m19.8°C53 m
Aug 31, 202570 m18.3°C47 m
Sep 11, 202528 m18.0°C23 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 7, 2025 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 18, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 29, 2025 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 31, 2025 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 11, 2025 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Sep 11

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

Dives

53 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
68
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
65
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010053 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (75 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 29, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
75 m
Sea-surface temperature
19.8°C
Distance from shore
29.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
28 m – 75 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.0°C – 20.9°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km – 29.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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