Pitcher – Residency
29th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Pitcher @14961
May 1 – Jul 16, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Thick Water, Good Company
Bait piled high, whales everywhere, and me right in the middle of it.
89 m
Deepest dive
3:22
Longest dive
56
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 75
- 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | 98 m | 7.4°C | 89 m |
| May 2, 2026 | 36 m | 7.2°C | 31 m |
| Jun 21, 2026 | 28 m | 15.2°C | 24 m |
| Jul 12, 2026 | 53 m | 20.2°C | 32 m |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 44 m | 20.1°C | 26 m |
| Jul 16, 2026 | 6 m | 19.3°C | 5 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
3:22
Longest dive
56
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
75
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 · May 1, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 98 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 7.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 29.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 6 m – 98 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 7.2°C – 20.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 29.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.