Motley – Residency
8th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Motley @10664
Jul 5 – Sep 2, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Gulf of Maine, all summer long
Camera-shy I am not — caught here again and again, feeding like it's my job.
82 m
Deepest dive
2:39
Longest dive
68
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 59
- Deepest dive on record
- 82 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2026 | 186 m | 14.1°C | 82 m |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 59 m | 14.5°C | 38 m |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 15 m | 14.7°C | 12 m |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 107 m | 15.0°C | 36 m |
| Aug 9, 2026 | 25 m | 17.8°C | 23 m |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 46 m | 15.3°C | 37 m |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 17 m | 14.3°C | 15 m |
| Sep 2, 2026 | 11 m | 14.3°C | 10 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
82 m
Deepest dive
2:39
Longest dive
68
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
59
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 (186 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 5, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 186 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 13.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 11 m – 186 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.1°C – 17.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.