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Gulf of Maine

Woodwind – Residency

19th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Woodwind
Woodwind Confirmed in the catalog @105516
Jul 3 – Aug 14, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Sand Lance Season, Full Swing

Bank's thick with fish and I'm never far from a camera.

34 m
Deepest dive
2:00
Longest dive
59
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
42

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 3, 2026111 m19.8°C34 m
Jul 3, 202636 m19.9°C33 m
Jul 19, 202633 m19.3°C25 m
Jul 25, 202628 m18.4°C17 m
Aug 9, 202635 m21.4°C29 m
Aug 14, 202626 m21.2°C24 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 3, 2026 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 3, 2026 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 19, 2026 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 25, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Jul 25Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 14, 2026 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 14

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

Dives

34 m
Deepest dive
2:00
Longest dive
59
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
42
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255034 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (111 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 3, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
111 m
Sea-surface temperature
19.8°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 111 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.4°C – 21.4°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 31.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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