161316 – Residency
8th sighting in Gulf of Maine
161316 @161316
Jun 17 – Aug 28, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Whole Summer on the Bank
Lingered on this green shallow shelf all summer, fish thick, light good, life fine.
44 m
Deepest dive
2:08
Longest dive
74
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 72
- Deepest dive on record
- 44 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2026 | 24 m | 17.0°C | 19 m |
| Jun 19, 2026 | 23 m | 16.0°C | 13 m |
| Jun 29, 2026 | 28 m | 17.8°C | 24 m |
| Jul 3, 2026 | 36 m | 19.9°C | 27 m |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 28 m | 21.0°C | 21 m |
| Aug 9, 2026 | 34 m | 21.4°C | 29 m |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 56 m | 20.6°C | 44 m |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 33 m | 20.2°C | 19 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
44 m
Deepest dive
2:08
Longest dive
74
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
72
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 (56 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 27, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 56 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 20.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 23 m – 56 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.0°C – 21.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km – 25.0 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.