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Gulf of Maine

Blanco – Residency

11th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Blanco
Blanco Confirmed in the catalog @7753
Jul 9 – Sep 2, 2023 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul – Sep 2023

107 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
124
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
55

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 9, 2023106 m—71 m
Jul 10, 2023119 m—86 m
Jul 12, 2023119 m—52 m
Jul 20, 2023128 m—60 m
Jul 22, 2023123 m—107 m
Jul 24, 2023119 m—64 m
Aug 17, 2023113 m—61 m
Aug 21, 202380 m—54 m
Aug 22, 202371 m—54 m
Aug 24, 2023120 m—18 m
Sep 2, 2023113 m—79 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 9, 2023 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 10, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 12, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 22, 2023 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 24Aug 17, 2023 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 17Aug 21, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 22, 2023 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 22Aug 24, 2023 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Aug 24Sep 2, 2023 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Sep 2

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

Dives

107 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
124
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
55
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150107 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 · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
71 m – 128 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 36.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 11 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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