Pleats – Residency
17th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Pleats @16873
Aug 23 – Sep 12, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Same Sandy Shallows, Fine Feeding
Two surfacings this stretch, both over banks I could find blind.
30 m
Deepest dive
1:41
Longest dive
38
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 20
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2026 | 29 m | 20.5°C | 23 m |
| Aug 26, 2026 | 28 m | 20.2°C | 26 m |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 38 m | — | 30 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
30 m
Deepest dive
1:41
Longest dive
38
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
20
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 (38 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 12, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 38 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 28 m – 38 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 20.2°C – 20.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km – 25.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.