Apex – Residency
6th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Apex @22159
Jul 12 – 24, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Middle Grounds, Midsummer
Shallow bottom, thick sand eels, and eyes on me more than once this July.
109 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
27
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 12
- Deepest dive on record
- 109 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2026 | 24 m | 20.2°C | 13 m |
| Jul 12, 2026 | 22 m | 20.1°C | 18 m |
| Jul 19, 2026 | 32 m | 19.3°C | 22 m |
| Jul 24, 2026 | 150 m | 18.5°C | 109 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
109 m
Deepest dive
4:16
Longest dive
27
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
12
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (150 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 24, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 150 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 23.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 22 m – 150 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.5°C – 20.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 14.0 km – 23.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.