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Iceland

Maja – Residency

46th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Maja
Maja Confirmed in the catalog @105322
Jun 14 – Aug 1, 2026 · Iceland

Deep Summer, Cold Water

Cliffs on the horizon, shoals below, this bay knows me well.

93 m
Deepest dive
2:16
Longest dive
21
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
48

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 14, 2026128 m7.7°C93 m
Jun 18, 202663 m5.6°C50 m
Aug 1, 202624 m12.1°C20 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 14, 2026 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Jun 14Jun 18, 2026 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jun 18Aug 1, 2026 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Aug 1

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

Dives

93 m
Deepest dive
2:16
Longest dive
21
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
48
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010093 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (128 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 14, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
128 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.7°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
24 m – 128 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.6°C – 12.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 4.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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