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Gulf of Maine

Orion – Residency

4th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Orion
Orion Confirmed in the catalog @7318
Jul 12 – 29, 2023 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul 2023

107 m
Deepest dive
4:00
Longest dive
23
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
17

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 12, 2023119 m—107 m
Jul 29, 2023174 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
Jul 12, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 174 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 29

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

Dives

107 m
Deepest dive
4:00
Longest dive
23
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
17
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150107 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (119 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 12, 2023

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

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
119 m – 174 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 17.0 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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