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Gulf of Maine

Peninsula – Residency

6th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Peninsula
Peninsula Confirmed in the catalog @17066
Jun 27 – Aug 8, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine Regulars

Caught feeding here again this summer, sandbars know me by name.

28 m
Deepest dive
1:38
Longest dive
32
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
42

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 27, 202626 m17.9°C23 m
Jul 12, 202624 m20.2°C22 m
Aug 8, 202634 m22.9°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 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jun 27Jul 12, 2026 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 12Aug 8, 2026 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 8

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

Dives

28 m
Deepest dive
1:38
Longest dive
32
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
42
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255028 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (34 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 8, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
34 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.9°C
Distance from shore
18.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
24 m – 34 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.9°C – 22.9°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km – 18.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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