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Gulf of Maine

Handstand – Residency

7th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Handstand
Handstand Confirmed in the catalog @7497
Jul 16 – Aug 13, 2022 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul – Aug 2022

78 m
Deepest dive
3:35
Longest dive
50
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
28

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 16, 202298 m—43 m
Aug 3, 202278 m—56 m
Aug 6, 2022107 m—55 m
Aug 6, 2022107 m—78 m
Aug 13, 202282 m—68 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 16, 2022 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 16Aug 3, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 6, 2022 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 6, 2022 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 13, 2022 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Aug 13

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

Dives

78 m
Deepest dive
3:35
Longest dive
50
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
28
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010078 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (107 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 6, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
107 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m – 107 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
15.0 km – 18.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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