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Gulf of Maine

Stanchions – Residency

2nd sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Stanchions
Stanchions Confirmed in the catalog @115236
Jul 18 – 23, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jul 2026

39 m
Deepest dive
1:57
Longest dive
20
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
5
Deepest dive on record
39 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 18, 202625 m12.0°C19 m
Jul 23, 202651 m14.0°C39 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 18, 2026 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 23, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 23

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

Dives

39 m
Deepest dive
1:57
Longest dive
20
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
5
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255039 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (51 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 23, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
51 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
25 m – 51 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.0°C – 14.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 5.0 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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