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Gulf of Maine

Quixote – Residency

18th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Quixote
Quixote Confirmed in the catalog @75697
Jun 5 – Sep 2, 2025 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jun – Sep 2025

106 m
Deepest dive
4:48
Longest dive
169
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
88

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 5, 202546 m—35 m
Jul 18, 202596 m—56 m
Jul 19, 2025104 m—41 m
Jul 23, 2025124 m—106 m
Jul 23, 202537 m—31 m
Aug 2, 2025111 m—98 m
Aug 8, 202595 m—45 m
Aug 12, 202573 m—60 m
Aug 20, 2025102 m—91 m
Aug 21, 202584 m—77 m
Aug 23, 202595 m—82 m
Aug 26, 202545 m—31 m
Aug 31, 20253 m—3 m
Sep 1, 202547 m—30 m
Sep 2, 202545 m—33 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 5, 2025 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jun 5Jul 18, 2025 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 19, 2025 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2025 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)Jul 23Jul 23, 2025 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2025 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Aug 8, 2025 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 12, 2025 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2025 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2025 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 23, 2025 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2025 — seafloor 3 m (measured), deepest dive 3 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 1, 2025 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)

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

Dives

106 m
Deepest dive
4:48
Longest dive
169
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
88
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150106 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (124 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 23, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
124 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
3 m – 124 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 35.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 15 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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