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Iceland

Monster – Residency

23rd sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Monster
Monster Confirmed in the catalog @105316
Apr 27 – Jul 2, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · Apr – Jul 2025

112 m
Deepest dive
3:44
Longest dive
74
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
66

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 27, 202561 m—48 m
Apr 27, 202575 m—69 m
May 14, 202575 m—60 m
Jun 15, 2025153 m—39 m
Jun 20, 2025188 m—112 m
Jun 21, 2025176 m—55 m
Jul 2, 202585 m—16 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 27, 2025 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Apr 27Apr 27, 2025 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Apr 27May 14, 2025 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)May 14Jun 15, 2025 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jun 15Jun 20, 2025 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Jun 20Jun 21, 2025 — seafloor 176 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jun 21Jul 2, 2025 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Jul 2

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

112 m
Deepest dive
3:44
Longest dive
74
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
66
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150112 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (188 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 20, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
188 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 188 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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