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Gulf of Maine

Sprinkler – Residency

9th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Sprinkler
Sprinkler Confirmed in the catalog @22156
Jul 10 – Sep 30, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Late Summer, Same Cold Shelf, Great Company

Warm top water, silver fish everywhere, plenty of company to share it with.

48 m
Deepest dive
2:24
Longest dive
115
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
82
Deepest dive on record
48 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 10, 202621 m20.7°C18 m
Jul 11, 202622 m20.4°C17 m
Jul 25, 202628 m18.4°C25 m
Jul 27, 202636 m19.1°C32 m
Sep 9, 202624 m19.1°C15 m
Sep 12, 202672 m—48 m
Sep 13, 202657 m—45 m
Sep 30, 202644 m—34 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 10, 2026 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 11, 2026 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 25, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 27, 2026 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 27Sep 9, 2026 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 12, 2026 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 12Sep 13, 2026 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 30, 2026 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 30

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

Dives

48 m
Deepest dive
2:24
Longest dive
115
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
82
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255048 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (72 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 12, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
72 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
21.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
21 m – 72 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.4°C – 20.7°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km – 27.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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