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Gulf of Maine

Samara – Residency

10th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Samara
Samara Confirmed in the catalog @17027
Sep 12 – Oct 2, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Autumn on the Ridges

Cool water, good light, the fish still running thick.

38 m
Deepest dive
1:44
Longest dive
25
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
20

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 12, 202640 m19.0°C31 m
Oct 2, 202644 m—38 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 12, 2026 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Sep 12Oct 2, 2026 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Oct 2

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

Dives

38 m
Deepest dive
1:44
Longest dive
25
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
20
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255038 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (44 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 · Oct 2, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
44 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
40 m – 44 m
Sea-surface temperature
19.0°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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