Nile – Residency
46th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Nile @7345
May 10 – Jul 10, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Gulf Water, Same Old Magic
Early summer on the shelf, feeding good, company everywhere I looked.
42 m
Deepest dive
2:25
Longest dive
34
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 60
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2026 | 81 m | 9.3°C | 42 m |
| May 24, 2026 | 28 m | 11.7°C | 24 m |
| Jun 19, 2026 | 25 m | 16.0°C | 22 m |
| Jul 3, 2026 | 44 m | 20.3°C | 32 m |
| Jul 10, 2026 | 23 m | 20.7°C | 17 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
42 m
Deepest dive
2:25
Longest dive
34
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
60
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 (81 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 10, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 9.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 27.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 23 m – 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 9.3°C – 20.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km – 27.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.