Wish – Residency
8th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Wish @98161
Jul 11 – Sep 12, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Mid-Summer Shelf Water
Herring thick, whales everywhere, this bay just gets me.
47 m
Deepest dive
1:53
Longest dive
41
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 63
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2026 | 74 m | 14.6°C | 47 m |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 59 m | 14.5°C | 31 m |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 16 m | 15.0°C | 12 m |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 51 m | — | 46 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
47 m
Deepest dive
1:53
Longest dive
41
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
63
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 (74 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 11, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 74 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 16 m – 74 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.5°C – 15.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.