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Gulf of Maine

Quote – Residency

28th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Fluke of Quote
Quote Confirmed in the catalog @7759
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

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 5, 202682 m12.3°C69 m
Jun 30, 202646 m18.5°C16 m
Jul 17, 202664 m19.4°C58 m
Jul 20, 202635 m16.6°C29 m
Aug 1, 202683 m18.4°C36 m
Aug 8, 202676 m20.4°C29 m
Aug 20, 202640 m20.7°C33 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 5, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jun 5Jun 30, 2026 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 17, 2026 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 20, 2026 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 20Aug 1, 2026 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 8, 2026 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 20, 2026 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 20

Depth 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

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Dive profile

modelled
05010069 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (82 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 · 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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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