Patches – Residency
9th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Patches @5585
Jul 7 – Sep 6, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Late Summer on the Shelf
Whole late summer parked on my favorite bank, catching up with old faces.
72 m
Deepest dive
3:06
Longest dive
19
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 61
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2026 | 91 m | 13.9°C | 54 m |
| Jul 12, 2026 | 98 m | 20.6°C | 72 m |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 97 m | 19.0°C | 41 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
72 m
Deepest dive
3:06
Longest dive
19
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
61
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 (98 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 12, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 98 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 20.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 29.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 91 m – 98 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.9°C – 20.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 29.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.