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Gulf of Maine

Sigma – Residency

5th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Sigma
Sigma Confirmed in the catalog @7336
Aug 17 – Oct 20, 2018 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug – Oct 2018

56 m
Deepest dive
2:15
Longest dive
25
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
64

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 17, 201859 m—39 m
Oct 19, 201828 m—25 m
Oct 20, 201870 m—56 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 17, 2018 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 17Oct 19, 2018 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Oct 19Oct 20, 2018 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 20

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

Dives

56 m
Deepest dive
2:15
Longest dive
25
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
64
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010056 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (70 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 · Oct 20, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
70 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
28 m – 70 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 25.0 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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