Masai – Residency
6th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Masai @84136
Aug 13 – Oct 11, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Green Water, Third Summer
Sand eels thick, shelf shallow, good faces all around — August doing exactly what it should.
36 m
Deepest dive
1:24
Longest dive
31
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 59
- Deepest dive on record
- 36 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | 28 m | 21.3°C | 21 m |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 54 m | 21.1°C | 36 m |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 36 m | 20.2°C | 20 m |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 41 m | — | 22 m |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 28 m | — | 16 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
36 m
Deepest dive
1:24
Longest dive
31
Dives
12 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
59
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 (54 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 27, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 54 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 21.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 28 m – 54 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 20.2°C – 21.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 26.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.