Orion – Residency
14th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Orion @7318
Jul 7 – Sep 13, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Sand Lance Summer
Late summer on the banks, feeding hard, spotted plenty — good stretch to be me.
134 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
35
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 68
- Deepest dive on record
- 134 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 | 75 m |
| Jul 17, 2026 | 147 m | 11.8°C | 134 m |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 56 m | 19.1°C | 16 m |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 28 m | — | 26 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
134 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
35
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
68
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 (147 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 17, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 147 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 20.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 28 m – 198 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.8°C – 19.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km – 28.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.