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Iceland

Maja – Residency

43rd sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Maja
Maja Confirmed in the catalog @105322
Jul 30 – Sep 17, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Sep 2025

95 m
Deepest dive
4:12
Longest dive
59
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
49

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 30, 2025-0 m10.2°C—
Jul 31, 2025-0 m10.2°C—
Sep 8, 2025101 m9.1°C76 m
Sep 9, 2025196 m9.1°C92 m
Sep 12, 2025149 m9.5°C38 m
Sep 17, 2025125 m8.5°C95 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 30, 2025 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 30Jul 31, 2025 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 31Sep 8, 2025 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Sep 8Sep 9, 2025 — seafloor 196 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 12, 2025 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 12Sep 17, 2025 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Sep 17

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

Dives

95 m
Deepest dive
4:12
Longest dive
59
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
49
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010095 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (125 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 · Sep 17, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
125 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.5°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-0 m – 196 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.5°C – 10.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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