Patchwork – Residency
29th sighting in Gulf of MainePatchwork @7313
Jul 7 – Oct 12, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Thick Bait, Thicker Company
Shelf edge stacked with fish and neighbours all summer long.
137 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
160
Dives
- Sightings
- 11
- Days between first and last sighting
- 97
- Deepest dive on record
- 137 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 7, 2026 | 198 m | 14.0°C | 79 m |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 51 m | 14.4°C | 47 m |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 42 m | 14.5°C | 29 m |
| Jul 23, 2026 | 192 m | 14.2°C | 137 m |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 95 m | 14.5°C | 76 m |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 107 m | 15.0°C | 29 m |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 26 m | 16.9°C | 23 m |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 12 m | 15.3°C | 11 m |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 86 m | 15.3°C | 34 m |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 45 m | — | 39 m |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 27 m | — | 22 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
137 m
Deepest dive
4:47
Longest dive
160
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
97
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 (192 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 23, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 192 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 15.0 km
Across the residency · 11 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 12 m – 198 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.0°C – 16.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 15.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 11 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.