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Gulf of Maine

Blanco – Residency

17th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Blanco
Blanco Confirmed in the catalog @7753
Jul 27 – Sep 30, 2025 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul – Sep 2025

78 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
22
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
65

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 27, 2025101 m—78 m
Aug 1, 2025123 m—44 m
Sep 30, 202558 m—18 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 27, 2025 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 27Aug 1, 2025 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 1Sep 30, 2025 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Sep 30

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

Dives

78 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
22
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
65
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010078 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (101 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 27, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
101 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
22.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
58 m – 123 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 27.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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