Downsweep – Residency
9th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Downsweep @12242
May 23 – Jul 5, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Deep Water, Long Memory
Early summer feeding, cool water, another good showing on the books.
84 m
Deepest dive
3:02
Longest dive
16
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 43
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 81 m | 11.3°C | 65 m |
| Jul 5, 2026 | 126 m | 14.0°C | 84 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
84 m
Deepest dive
3:02
Longest dive
16
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
43
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 (126 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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DeepPlace
Where this happened · Jul 5, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 126 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 81 m – 126 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.3°C – 14.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km – 18.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.