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North Atlantic

VARF-230 – Residency

Fluke of VARF-230
VARF-230 Confirmed in the catalog @78330
Sep 19 – Nov 20, 2021 · North Atlantic

North Atlantic · Sep – Nov 2021

12 m
Deepest dive
0:48
Longest dive
10
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
62

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 19, 20219 m—8 m
Nov 20, 202114 m—12 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 19, 2021 — seafloor 9 m (measured), deepest dive 8 m (modelled)Sep 19Nov 20, 2021 — seafloor 14 m (measured), deepest dive 12 m (modelled)Nov 20

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

Dives

12 m
Deepest dive
0:48
Longest dive
10
Dives
7 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
62
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255012 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (14 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 · Nov 20, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
14 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
25.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
9 m – 14 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 25.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 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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