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Gulf of Maine

Orion – Residency

2nd sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Orion
Orion Confirmed in the catalog @7318
Aug 2 – 15, 2021 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug 2021

81 m
Deepest dive
2:46
Longest dive
17
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
13

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 2, 202168 m—48 m
Aug 15, 2021130 m—81 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 2, 2021 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 15, 2021 — seafloor 130 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Aug 15

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

Dives

81 m
Deepest dive
2:46
Longest dive
17
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
13
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010081 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (130 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
130 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
68 m – 130 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 10.0 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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