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Gulf of Maine

Mallard – Residency

12th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Mallard
Mallard Confirmed in the catalog @7687
Aug 7 – Sep 4, 2025 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug – Sep 2025

100 m
Deepest dive
3:54
Longest dive
145
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
28

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 7, 202599 m—87 m
Aug 9, 202575 m—46 m
Aug 11, 202536 m—32 m
Aug 15, 2025120 m—89 m
Aug 27, 2025146 m—95 m
Aug 31, 2025144 m—100 m
Sep 1, 202576 m—59 m
Sep 4, 2025121 m—45 m
Sep 4, 202581 m—72 m
Sep 4, 2025146 m—40 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 7, 2025 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 11, 2025 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 15, 2025 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 27, 2025 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 31, 2025 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 1, 2025 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 4, 2025 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 4, 2025 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 4, 2025 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 4

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

Dives

100 m
Deepest dive
3:54
Longest dive
145
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
28
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
050100100 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (144 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 31, 2025

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

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
36 m – 146 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 28.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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