Touchdown – Residency
11th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Touchdown @12734
Aug 13 – Sep 13, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Sand Eels, Old Water
Whole late summer on my shelf, calves' good banks still working for me.
89 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
49
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 31
- Deepest dive on record
- 89 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | 92 m | 15.1°C | 71 m |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 80 m | 15.3°C | 70 m |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 98 m | — | 74 m |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 98 m | 19.4°C | 89 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
89 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
49
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
31
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 (98 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 13, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 98 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 19.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 29.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 80 m – 98 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.1°C – 19.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 29.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.