Reception – Residency
7th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Reception @125690
Jul 18 – Oct 2, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Antennas Up, Signal Strong
Late summer light, cold water, and every fluke-up reads me loud and clear.
99 m
Deepest dive
2:57
Longest dive
29
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 76
- Deepest dive on record
- 99 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 18, 2026 | 92 m | 11.7°C | 44 m |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 151 m | 16.4°C | 99 m |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 19 m | 15.5°C | 17 m |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 104 m | — | 24 m |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 146 m | — | 38 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
99 m
Deepest dive
2:57
Longest dive
29
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
76
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 (151 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 21, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 151 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 27.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 19 m – 151 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.7°C – 16.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 52.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.