Solas – Residency
25th sighting in Gulf of MaineSolas @7340
Jul 12 – Aug 9, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Herring Thick, Company Rich
The rips filled with herring and half the ocean showed up to eat.
113 m
Deepest dive
4:13
Longest dive
84
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 28
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2026 | 52 m | 14.4°C | 33 m |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 50 m | 14.2°C | 33 m |
| Jul 16, 2026 | 135 m | 12.2°C | 38 m |
| Jul 21, 2026 | 172 m | 12.6°C | 113 m |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 95 m | 14.5°C | 65 m |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 59 m | 14.5°C | 51 m |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 107 m | 15.0°C | 71 m |
| Aug 9, 2026 | 25 m | 17.8°C | 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
113 m
Deepest dive
4:13
Longest dive
84
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
28
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 (172 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 21, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 172 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 25 m – 172 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.2°C – 17.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.