Missile – Residency
8th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Missile @103988
Jul 24 – Aug 29, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Whole Late Summer on the Shelf
Weeks of bait right off the shore, and I never had to leave.
49 m
Deepest dive
1:47
Longest dive
63
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 36
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | 36 m | 15.8°C | 25 m |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 33 m | 17.0°C | 30 m |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 39 m | 17.0°C | 30 m |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 35 m | 17.1°C | 28 m |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 107 m | 18.3°C | 49 m |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 17 m | 17.1°C | 12 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
49 m
Deepest dive
1:47
Longest dive
63
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
36
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (107 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 21, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 107 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 15.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 17 m – 107 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.8°C – 18.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 15.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.