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Gulf of Maine

Quixote – Residency

21st sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Quixote
Quixote Confirmed in the catalog @75697
Jun 29 – Aug 18, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

Herring Ledges, Full House

Low hills in view, good company, my calf finding the ledges alone now.

67 m
Deepest dive
2:51
Longest dive
49
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
50

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 29, 2026102 m12.3°C66 m
Jul 21, 2026172 m12.6°C43 m
Aug 1, 202646 m14.5°C36 m
Aug 16, 202652 m13.4°C39 m
Aug 18, 2026106 m12.2°C67 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 29, 2026 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jun 29Jul 21, 2026 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jul 21Aug 1, 2026 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 16, 2026 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 18, 2026 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 18

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

Dives

67 m
Deepest dive
2:51
Longest dive
49
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
50
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010067 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (106 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 18, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
106 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m – 172 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C – 14.5°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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