Iron – Residency
6th sighting in Gulf of Maine
Iron @10813
Aug 18 – Sep 12, 2026 · Gulf of Maine
Late Summer on the Banks
Shallow water, good company, plenty of reasons to keep surfacing here.
38 m
Deepest dive
1:45
Longest dive
18
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 25
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | 67 m | 16.0°C | 38 m |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 23 m | 14.9°C | 18 m |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 26 m | 12.5°C | 23 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
38 m
Deepest dive
1:45
Longest dive
18
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
25
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 (67 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 18, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 67 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 23 m – 67 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.5°C – 16.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.