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Gulf of Maine

Dross – Residency

55th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Dross
Dross Confirmed in the catalog @15615
Jul 25 – Sep 13, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Sand Lance Never Lie

Those ledges paid off again this whole late-summer stretch.

43 m
Deepest dive
2:31
Longest dive
98
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
50

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 25, 202628 m18.4°C26 m
Sep 4, 202639 m19.6°C29 m
Sep 9, 202628 m19.0°C17 m
Sep 12, 202642 m19.6°C35 m
Sep 13, 202651 m18.4°C37 m
Sep 13, 202651 m18.4°C43 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 25, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jul 25Sep 4, 2026 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 9, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 12, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Sep 12Sep 13, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 13, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 13

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

Dives

43 m
Deepest dive
2:31
Longest dive
98
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
50
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255043 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 · Sep 13, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
51 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.4°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
28 m – 51 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.4°C – 19.6°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km – 25.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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