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Gulf of Maine

Flounder – Residency

7th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Flounder
Flounder Confirmed in the catalog @17032
Jun 19 – Aug 9, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Good Long Summer Stretch

Camera caught me over and over this run—feed's been that good.

29 m
Deepest dive
1:19
Longest dive
99
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
51

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 19, 202625 m16.0°C15 m
Jun 27, 202627 m17.9°C24 m
Jul 10, 202621 m20.7°C19 m
Jul 12, 202625 m20.2°C21 m
Jul 20, 202628 m18.5°C26 m
Aug 4, 202628 m19.3°C24 m
Aug 9, 202635 m21.4°C29 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 25 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jun 19Jun 27, 2026 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jun 27Jul 10, 2026 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 12, 2026 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 20, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jul 20Aug 4, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 9

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

Dives

29 m
Deepest dive
1:19
Longest dive
99
Dives
11 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
51
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255029 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (35 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 9, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
35 m
Sea-surface temperature
21.4°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
21 m – 35 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.0°C – 21.4°C
Distance from shore
10.0 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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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