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Gulf of Maine

Photon – Residency

40th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Photon
Photon Confirmed in the catalog @73429
Jul 9 – Sep 7, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

This Bank, This Feed

Rolled past boats all summer, this shelf feeds me right.

148 m
Deepest dive
4:40
Longest dive
199
Dives
Sightings
16
Days between first and last sighting
60
Deepest dive on record
148 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 9, 202641 m14.4°C19 m
Jul 11, 2026186 m14.6°C148 m
Jul 12, 202652 m14.4°C44 m
Jul 14, 202650 m14.6°C39 m
Jul 15, 202650 m14.2°C37 m
Jul 16, 2026135 m12.2°C33 m
Jul 17, 202691 m11.9°C76 m
Jul 18, 202624 m11.9°C20 m
Jul 23, 202651 m14.0°C42 m
Jul 24, 202651 m14.3°C42 m
Jul 25, 202649 m14.4°C38 m
Jul 28, 202677 m14.9°C45 m
Aug 1, 2026115 m13.8°C63 m
Aug 2, 202613 m13.4°C12 m
Aug 22, 202616 m16.4°C14 m
Sep 7, 202650 m13.1°C28 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 19 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 11, 2026 — seafloor 186 m (measured), deepest dive 148 m (modelled)Jul 12, 2026 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2026 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 14Jul 15, 2026 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 16, 2026 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 17, 2026 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 18, 2026 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 25, 2026 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2026 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2026 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 2, 2026 — seafloor 13 m (measured), deepest dive 12 m (modelled)Aug 22, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2026 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Sep 7

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

Dives

148 m
Deepest dive
4:40
Longest dive
199
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
60
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150148 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (186 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Jul 11, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
186 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 16 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
13 m – 186 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.9°C – 16.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 16 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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