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Gulf of Maine

161317 – Residency

6th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of 161317
161317 Confirmed in the catalog @161317
Jun 19 – Aug 9, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Shallow Water, Good Company

Whoever surfaces next, this warm shallow patch just keeps feeding me.

38 m
Deepest dive
2:01
Longest dive
66
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
51
Deepest dive on record
38 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 19, 202628 m16.1°C15 m
Jul 12, 202624 m20.2°C20 m
Jul 21, 202646 m18.8°C38 m
Jul 27, 202646 m19.5°C37 m
Aug 1, 202628 m18.7°C23 m
Aug 9, 202636 m20.7°C32 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 19, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jun 19Jul 12, 2026 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 21, 2026 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 27, 2026 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 27Aug 1, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Aug 9

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

Dives

38 m
Deepest dive
2:01
Longest dive
66
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
51
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255038 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (46 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 · Jul 21, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.8°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
24 m – 46 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.1°C – 20.7°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 27.0 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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