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Gulf of Maine

Dome – Residency

24th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Dome
Dome Confirmed in the catalog @7732
May 2 – Oct 10, 2026 · Gulf of Maine

This Shelf, This Light

Sand lance boiling green again told me exactly where to be.

45 m
Deepest dive
2:05
Longest dive
97
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
161

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 2, 202636 m7.2°C32 m
Jun 19, 202627 m16.2°C24 m
Jun 27, 202659 m17.2°C25 m
Jul 10, 202620 m20.7°C18 m
Jul 20, 202628 m18.5°C23 m
Sep 12, 202640 m19.0°C30 m
Sep 13, 202662 m—45 m
Oct 10, 202628 m—23 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 2, 2026 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)May 2Jun 19, 2026 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jun 19Jun 27, 2026 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jun 27Jul 10, 2026 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 20, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 20Sep 12, 2026 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Sep 12Sep 13, 2026 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 13Oct 10, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Oct 10

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

Dives

45 m
Deepest dive
2:05
Longest dive
97
Dives
13 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
161
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255045 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (62 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 · Sep 13, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
62 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
19.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
20 m – 62 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.2°C – 20.7°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km – 27.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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