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Gulf of Maine

Solas – Residency

12th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Solas
Solas Confirmed in the catalog @7340
Jun 20 – Aug 24, 2023 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jun – Aug 2023

115 m
Deepest dive
4:56
Longest dive
121
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
64
Deepest dive on record
115 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 20, 202336 m10.2°C26 m
Jul 10, 2023119 m12.4°C104 m
Jul 12, 2023119 m13.7°C53 m
Jul 20, 2023128 m11.6°C115 m
Jul 22, 2023123 m15.5°C30 m
Jul 23, 202382 m15.8°C54 m
Jul 30, 2023166 m15.9°C113 m
Aug 20, 202352 m14.1°C45 m
Aug 24, 202330 m14.4°C25 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 20, 2023 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jun 20Jul 10, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 12, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 115 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 22, 2023 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 23, 2023 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 23Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 20, 2023 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 20Aug 24, 2023 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 24

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

Dives

115 m
Deepest dive
4:56
Longest dive
121
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
64
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150115 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (128 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 20, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
128 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.6°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
30 m – 166 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.2°C – 15.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 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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