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Gulf of Maine

Nile – Residency

27th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Nile
Nile Confirmed in the catalog @7345
Aug 17 – Nov 4, 2024 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug – Nov 2024

36 m
Deepest dive
1:39
Longest dive
84
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
79

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 17, 202418 m20.0°C16 m
Aug 24, 202441 m19.3°C29 m
Aug 25, 202432 m19.4°C28 m
Aug 25, 202424 m19.3°C16 m
Aug 31, 202434 m19.8°C27 m
Sep 2, 202422 m20.2°C10 m
Sep 13, 202439 m19.9°C35 m
Nov 4, 202442 m17.1°C36 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, 2024 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Aug 17Aug 24, 2024 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 25, 2024 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 25, 2024 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 31, 2024 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 2, 2024 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 13, 2024 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Sep 13Nov 4, 2024 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Nov 4

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

Dives

36 m
Deepest dive
1:39
Longest dive
84
Dives
13 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
79
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255036 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (42 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 · Nov 4, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.1°C
Distance from shore
72.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
18 m – 42 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.1°C – 20.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 72.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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