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Gulf of Maine

Bolide – Residency

17th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Bolide
Bolide Confirmed in the catalog @17010
Jun 21 – Sep 12, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Sand Lance Season, Full Tilt

Shallow water, cold bottom, every surface a crowd of old faces.

50 m
Deepest dive
2:22
Longest dive
41
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
83
Deepest dive on record
50 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 21, 202637 m15.2°C33 m
Jul 3, 202638 m19.9°C32 m
Jul 3, 202638 m19.9°C29 m
Aug 25, 202622 m20.4°C19 m
Aug 27, 202658 m20.6°C50 m
Aug 28, 202630 m20.2°C23 m
Sep 12, 202680 m—27 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 21, 2026 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jun 21Jul 3, 2026 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 3, 2026 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 3Aug 25, 2026 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 27, 2026 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 28, 2026 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 28Sep 12, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Sep 12

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

Dives

50 m
Deepest dive
2:22
Longest dive
41
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
83
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255050 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (58 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 · Aug 27, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
58 m
Sea-surface temperature
20.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
22 m – 80 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C – 20.6°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 49.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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