Photon – Residency
4th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Photon @73429
May 20 – Aug 15, 2021 · Gulf of Maine
Gulf of Maine · May – Aug 2021
73 m
Deepest dive
3:01
Longest dive
23
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 87
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2021 | 28 m | 12.5°C | 21 m |
| Aug 1, 2021 | 130 m | 13.7°C | 73 m |
| Aug 15, 2021 | 68 m | 15.6°C | 55 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
73 m
Deepest dive
3:01
Longest dive
23
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
87
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 (130 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 1, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 130 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 28 m – 130 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.5°C – 15.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km – 25.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.