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Gulf of Maine

Epee – Residency

6th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Epee
Epee Confirmed in the catalog @17090
Jul 17 – Oct 10, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Green Water, Good Company

Whole late summer in this shelf of cool water, never once alone out here.

38 m
Deepest dive
1:42
Longest dive
41
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
85
Deepest dive on record
38 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 17, 202636 m21.0°C31 m
Aug 27, 202658 m20.6°C27 m
Sep 9, 202623 m19.1°C9 m
Sep 12, 202644 m—27 m
Sep 13, 202662 m—38 m
Oct 10, 202628 m—25 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 17, 2026 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 17Aug 27, 2026 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Aug 27Sep 9, 2026 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 12, 2026 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Sep 12Sep 13, 2026 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 13Oct 10, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Oct 10

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

Dives

38 m
Deepest dive
1:42
Longest dive
41
Dives
12 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
85
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255038 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (62 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 · Sep 13, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
62 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
19.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
23 m – 62 m
Sea-surface temperature
19.1°C – 21.0°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 25.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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