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Gulf of Maine

Handstand – Residency

12th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Handstand
Handstand Confirmed in the catalog @7497
Jun 21 – Jul 20, 2024 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jun – Jul 2024

92 m
Deepest dive
3:01
Longest dive
34
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
29

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 21, 2024187 m—92 m
Jul 14, 2024138 m—61 m
Jul 20, 2024134 m—74 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 21, 2024 — seafloor 187 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Jun 21Jul 14, 2024 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 20, 2024 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jul 20

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

Dives

92 m
Deepest dive
3:01
Longest dive
34
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
29
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010092 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (187 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 · Jun 21, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
187 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
134 m – 187 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
13.0 km – 47.0 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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