Southpaw – Residency
11th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Southpaw @75698
Jul 7 – Sep 30, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Cool Water, Good Company
Green shelf water, easy feeding, a fine stretch of late summer.
103 m
Deepest dive
4:07
Longest dive
46
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 85
- Deepest dive on record
- 103 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2026 | 119 m | 14.1°C | 103 m |
| Jul 9, 2026 | 41 m | 14.4°C | 24 m |
| Aug 26, 2026 | 46 m | 17.7°C | 41 m |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 47 m | 14.9°C | 40 m |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 51 m | — | 46 m |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 51 m | — | 25 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
103 m
Deepest dive
4:07
Longest dive
46
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
85
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 (119 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 7, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 119 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 41 m – 119 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.1°C – 17.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.