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Gulf of Maine

Palmer-Crary – Residency

11th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Palmer-Crary
Palmer-Crary Confirmed in the catalog @17103
Jul 21 – Sep 8, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Late-Summer Gulf Haul

Cool water, good bait, a fresh crowd every surface.

79 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
47
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
49
Deepest dive on record
79 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 21, 2026172 m12.6°C73 m
Aug 7, 202651 m15.5°C46 m
Aug 13, 202692 m15.1°C79 m
Sep 8, 202646 m14.1°C34 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 21, 2026 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jul 21Aug 7, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 13, 2026 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 13Sep 8, 2026 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 8

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

Dives

79 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
47
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
49
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010079 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (92 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 13, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
92 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.1°C
Distance from shore
18.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m – 172 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C – 15.5°C
Distance from shore
4.0 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 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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