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Gulf of Maine

Solas – Residency

21st sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Solas
Solas Confirmed in the catalog @7340
Jun 14 – Aug 25, 2025 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine · Jun – Aug 2025

69 m
Deepest dive
2:55
Longest dive
87
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
72

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 14, 202595 m9.4°C69 m
Jul 4, 2025104 m15.2°C42 m
Jul 18, 202596 m14.3°C66 m
Jul 19, 2025104 m14.2°C56 m
Aug 1, 202591 m14.9°C51 m
Aug 3, 202535 m15.4°C30 m
Aug 5, 2025181 m15.0°C52 m
Aug 12, 202527 m16.2°C24 m
Aug 25, 2025150 m17.3°C57 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 14, 2025 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jun 14Jul 4, 2025 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 18, 2025 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 19, 2025 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jul 19Aug 1, 2025 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 3, 2025 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 5, 2025 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 12, 2025 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 25, 2025 — seafloor 150 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 25

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

Dives

69 m
Deepest dive
2:55
Longest dive
87
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
72
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010069 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (95 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Jun 14, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
95 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.4°C
Distance from shore
18.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
27 m – 181 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.4°C – 17.3°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 18.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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