Gharial – Residency
3rd sighting in Gulf of Maine
Gharial @48393
Jun 28 – Sep 12, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
The Whole Shelf Humming
Late summer on the shelf, and the sand banks were absolutely singing with fish.
46 m
Deepest dive
1:53
Longest dive
40
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 76
- Deepest dive on record
- 46 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 20 m | 20.5°C | 15 m |
| Jul 14, 2026 | 12 m | 22.6°C | 10 m |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 57 m | 20.6°C | 46 m |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 33 m | 19.7°C | 26 m |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 46 m | — | 21 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
46 m
Deepest dive
1:53
Longest dive
40
Dives
12 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
76
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 (57 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 27, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 57 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 20.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 12 m – 57 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 19.7°C – 22.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 19.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.