161136 – Residency
8th sighting in Gulf of Maine161136 @161136
Jul 9 – Sep 17, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
So Many Breaths, So Close
I keep surfacing right in the middle of everyone — best seat in the water.
85 m
Deepest dive
2:30
Longest dive
89
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 70
- Deepest dive on record
- 85 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 9, 2026 | 41 m | 14.4°C | 31 m |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 172 m | 14.6°C | 85 m |
| Jul 12, 2026 | 52 m | 14.4°C | 38 m |
| Jul 14, 2026 | 50 m | 14.6°C | 29 m |
| Jul 16, 2026 | 135 m | 12.2°C | 23 m |
| Jul 23, 2026 | 51 m | 14.0°C | 45 m |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 51 m | 14.9°C | 24 m |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 51 m | — | 47 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
85 m
Deepest dive
2:30
Longest dive
89
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
70
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 (172 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 11, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 172 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 41 m – 172 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.2°C – 14.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.