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Gulf of Maine

Quote – Residency

21st sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Quote
Quote Confirmed in the catalog @7759
Jul 4 – Sep 20, 2025 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul – Sep 2025

60 m
Deepest dive
2:06
Longest dive
56
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
78

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 4, 2025151 m19.3°C60 m
Sep 1, 202551 m18.6°C43 m
Sep 6, 202536 m19.6°C22 m
Sep 6, 202562 m19.6°C54 m
Sep 20, 202550 m18.0°C45 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 4, 2025 — seafloor 151 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 4Sep 1, 2025 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 6, 2025 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 6, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 20, 2025 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 20

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

Dives

60 m
Deepest dive
2:06
Longest dive
56
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
78
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010060 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (151 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 4, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
151 m
Sea-surface temperature
19.3°C
Distance from shore
22.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
36 m – 151 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.0°C – 19.6°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km – 22.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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