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Gulf of Maine

Pinball – Residency

42nd sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Pinball
Pinball Confirmed in the catalog @7315
Jul 9 – Aug 8, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Green Water, Good Company

Ledges right where I left them, bay full of familiar fins to bump into.

55 m
Deepest dive
1:56
Longest dive
56
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
30

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 9, 202665 m20.7°C39 m
Jul 23, 202626 m16.2°C23 m
Aug 8, 202673 m20.4°C55 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 9, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 23, 2026 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 23Aug 8, 2026 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Aug 8

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

Dives

55 m
Deepest dive
1:56
Longest dive
56
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
30
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010055 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (73 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 8, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
73 m
Sea-surface temperature
20.4°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 73 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.2°C – 20.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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