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Gulf of Maine

Valley – Residency

11th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Valley
Valley Confirmed in the catalog @7695
Jul 8 – Aug 18, 2021 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul – Aug 2021

91 m
Deepest dive
3:47
Longest dive
92
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
41

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 8, 202150 m—42 m
Jul 28, 202147 m—37 m
Aug 1, 202154 m—40 m
Aug 8, 202183 m—27 m
Aug 15, 2021109 m—89 m
Aug 17, 2021109 m—91 m
Aug 18, 2021109 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
Jul 8, 2021 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 28, 2021 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 28Aug 1, 2021 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 8, 2021 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 15, 2021 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 17, 2021 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Aug 17Aug 18, 2021 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 18

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

Dives

91 m
Deepest dive
3:47
Longest dive
92
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
41
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010091 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (109 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 17, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
109 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
26.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 109 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 26.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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