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Gulf of Maine

Quixote – Residency

7th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Quixote
Quixote Confirmed in the catalog @75697
Jun 11 – Aug 7, 2023 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jun – Aug 2023

113 m
Deepest dive
3:30
Longest dive
48
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
57
Deepest dive on record
113 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 11, 2023100 m—67 m
Jul 20, 2023128 m—40 m
Jul 22, 2023123 m—113 m
Jul 23, 202345 m—32 m
Aug 7, 2023102 m—52 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 11, 2023 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jun 11Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 22, 2023 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 23, 2023 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 23Aug 7, 2023 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 7

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

Dives

113 m
Deepest dive
3:30
Longest dive
48
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
57
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150113 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (123 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 22, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
123 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m – 128 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 22.0 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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