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Gulf of Maine

Solas – Residency

25th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Solas
Solas Confirmed in the catalog @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

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 12, 202652 m14.4°C33 m
Jul 15, 202650 m14.2°C33 m
Jul 16, 2026135 m12.2°C38 m
Jul 21, 2026172 m12.6°C113 m
Aug 1, 202695 m14.5°C65 m
Aug 5, 202659 m14.5°C51 m
Aug 7, 2026107 m15.0°C71 m
Aug 9, 202625 m17.8°C22 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 12, 2026 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 15, 2026 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 16, 2026 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 21, 2026 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Jul 21Aug 1, 2026 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 5, 2026 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 7, 2026 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Aug 9

Depth 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

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Dive profile

modelled
075150113 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (172 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 · 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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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