Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors
Gulf of Maine

Satula – Residency

25th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Satula
Satula Confirmed in the catalog @7330
Jul 1 – 17, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Sand Lance Season, Sorted

Warm on top, honest underneath — the shelf fed me well this stretch.

80 m
Deepest dive
3:15
Longest dive
39
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
16

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →
SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 1, 2026105 m18.2°C29 m
Jul 12, 202698 m20.6°C80 m
Jul 17, 202698 m20.2°C44 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 1, 2026 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 1Jul 12, 2026 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 17, 2026 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 17

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

Dives

80 m
Deepest dive
3:15
Longest dive
39
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
16
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →

Dive profile

modelled
05010080 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (98 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.

Unlock with Risa Deep

Place

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
98 m – 105 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.2°C – 20.6°C
Distance from shore
29.0 km

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

Activity map — real sighting points on an OpenStreetMap basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

The photographs and fluke identifications behind every sighting are the work of the contributing observers — the citizen scientists, naturalists and operators who logged them, each named in the underlying GBIF occurrence record. Every activity links out to its source encounters on Happywhale. Basemaps © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Happywhale runs on donations: support Happywhale →

Breach is an independent project. It is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, Happywhale or GBIF.