Draco – Residency
26th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Draco @11217
Aug 20 – Sep 21, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
August on the Bank
Warm on top, fish below—this shelf never lets me down.
35 m
Deepest dive
1:23
Longest dive
22
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 32
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | 40 m | 20.7°C | 35 m |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 141 m | 15.2°C | 32 m |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 98 m | — | 29 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
35 m
Deepest dive
1:23
Longest dive
22
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
32
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 (40 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 20, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 40 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 20.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 17.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 40 m – 141 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.2°C – 20.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 17.0 km – 29.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.