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Gulf of Maine

Littlespot – Residency

23rd sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Littlespot
Littlespot Confirmed in the catalog @7342
Jul 9 – Aug 21, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Gulf of Maine, all summer long

Whole mid-summer stretch on my ledges, another back rising next to mine.

61 m
Deepest dive
2:42
Longest dive
35
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
43

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 9, 202641 m14.4°C31 m
Jul 11, 202651 m14.4°C45 m
Jul 12, 202652 m14.4°C47 m
Aug 21, 202669 m15.8°C61 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 9, 2026 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 11, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 12, 2026 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 12Aug 21, 2026 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Aug 21

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

Dives

61 m
Deepest dive
2:42
Longest dive
35
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
43
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010061 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (69 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 · Aug 21, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
69 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
41 m – 69 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C – 15.8°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 4 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.

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