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Gulf of Maine

Crown – Residency

16th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Crown
Crown Confirmed in the catalog @22207
Jul 25 – Sep 13, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Late Summer on the Ledges

Sand lance running thick, whole neighborhood showing up to eat.

53 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
36
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
50

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 25, 202677 m18.6°C31 m
Aug 13, 202627 m15.3°C21 m
Aug 29, 202659 m20.9°C53 m
Sep 13, 202662 m—37 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 25, 2026 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 25Aug 13, 2026 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Aug 13Aug 29, 2026 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 13, 2026 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 13

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

Dives

53 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
36
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
50
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010053 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (59 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 29, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
59 m
Sea-surface temperature
20.9°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
27 m – 77 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C – 20.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 56.0 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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