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Gulf of Maine

Quote – Residency

16th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Quote
Quote Confirmed in the catalog @7759
Aug 8 – 15, 2024 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Aug 2024

45 m
Deepest dive
2:02
Longest dive
83
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
7

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 8, 202444 m18.8°C33 m
Aug 10, 202453 m19.3°C45 m
Aug 15, 202425 m19.5°C23 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 8, 2024 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 10, 2024 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 15, 2024 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 15

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

Dives

45 m
Deepest dive
2:02
Longest dive
83
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
7
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255045 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (53 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 10, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
53 m
Sea-surface temperature
19.3°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
25 m – 53 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.8°C – 19.5°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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