Quote – Residency
28th sighting in Gulf of Maine
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Jun 5 – Aug 20, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Gulf Ledges, Thick with Sand Lance
Leaned into the shelf all summer, sand lance thick enough to taste every dive.
69 m
Deepest dive
2:12
Longest dive
96
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 75
- Deepest dive on record
- 69 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2026 | 82 m | 12.3°C | 69 m |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 46 m | 18.5°C | 16 m |
| Jul 17, 2026 | 64 m | 19.4°C | 58 m |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 35 m | 16.6°C | 29 m |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 83 m | 18.4°C | 36 m |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 76 m | 20.4°C | 29 m |
| Aug 20, 2026 | 40 m | 20.7°C | 33 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
69 m
Deepest dive
2:12
Longest dive
96
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
75
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 (82 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 5, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 82 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 31.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 35 m – 83 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.3°C – 20.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 31.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.