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Gulf of Maine

Quixote – Residency

5th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Quixote
Quixote Confirmed in the catalog @75697
Jun 25 – Aug 6, 2022 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jun – Aug 2022

67 m
Deepest dive
3:33
Longest dive
35
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
43

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 25, 202278 m—36 m
Jun 28, 202288 m—33 m
Jul 13, 202235 m—23 m
Aug 6, 2022107 m—67 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 25, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jun 25Jun 28, 2022 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jun 28Jul 13, 2022 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 13Aug 6, 2022 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 6

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

Dives

67 m
Deepest dive
3:33
Longest dive
35
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
43
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010067 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 · 4 sightings

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

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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