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Gulf of Maine

Eruption – Residency

25th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Eruption
Eruption Confirmed in the catalog @11433
Jun 21 – Jul 3, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Shallow Water, Full Table

Sand banks, thick bait, boats that know my name.

26 m
Deepest dive
1:20
Longest dive
19
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
12

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 21, 202637 m15.2°C21 m
Jul 3, 202636 m19.9°C26 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 21, 2026 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jun 21Jul 3, 2026 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jul 3

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

Dives

26 m
Deepest dive
1:20
Longest dive
19
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
12
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255026 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (36 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
36 m
Sea-surface temperature
19.9°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
36 m – 37 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C – 19.9°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 49.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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