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Gulf of Maine

Tilt – Residency

6th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Tilt
Tilt Confirmed in the catalog @17007
Jun 27 – Jul 19, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Sand Lance Season, Right On Schedule

Mid-summer, shallow banks, sand plumes rising — this water never short-changes me.

56 m
Deepest dive
2:09
Longest dive
53
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
22
Deepest dive on record
56 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 27, 202627 m17.9°C22 m
Jun 29, 202628 m17.9°C25 m
Jun 29, 202627 m17.9°C22 m
Jul 3, 2026111 m19.8°C56 m
Jul 19, 202633 m19.3°C28 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 27, 2026 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jun 27Jun 29, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jun 29Jun 29, 2026 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jun 29Jul 3, 2026 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 19, 2026 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 19

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

Dives

56 m
Deepest dive
2:09
Longest dive
53
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
22
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010056 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (111 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 3, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
111 m
Sea-surface temperature
19.8°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
27 m – 111 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.9°C – 19.8°C
Distance from shore
11.0 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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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