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Iceland

Megatteraccia – Residency

37th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Megatteraccia
Megatteraccia Confirmed in the catalog @105323
Jul 10 – Oct 25, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Oct 2025

150 m
Deepest dive
5:18
Longest dive
224
Dives
Sightings
22
Days between first and last sighting
107
Deepest dive on record
150 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 10, 2025169 m9.7°C54 m
Jul 11, 202552 m9.8°C33 m
Jul 13, 2025131 m9.8°C57 m
Jul 14, 2025202 m10.1°C135 m
Jul 15, 2025188 m10.5°C71 m
Jul 17, 2025189 m10.8°C72 m
Jul 21, 2025129 m11.6°C59 m
Jul 23, 202534 m11.1°C13 m
Jul 25, 2025114 m10.9°C86 m
Jul 26, 202575 m10.7°C58 m
Jul 31, 202572 m10.7°C63 m
Aug 2, 2025119 m10.6°C85 m
Oct 6, 202572 m6.4°C55 m
Oct 8, 2025137 m6.0°C55 m
Oct 11, 2025140 m6.1°C114 m
Oct 15, 2025115 m6.5°C32 m
Oct 16, 2025141 m6.4°C70 m
Oct 17, 2025144 m6.6°C131 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 10, 2025 — seafloor 169 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 11, 2025 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 13, 2025 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 14, 2025 — seafloor 202 m (measured), deepest dive 135 m (modelled)Jul 15, 2025 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 17, 2025 — seafloor 189 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2025 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2025 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Jul 25, 2025 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 26, 2025 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2025 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 6Oct 8, 2025 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 11, 2025 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Oct 15, 2025 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Oct 16, 2025 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 17, 2025 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Oct 18, 2025 — seafloor 212 m (measured), deepest dive 150 m (modelled)Oct 19, 2025 — seafloor 174 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Oct 23, 2025 — seafloor 183 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Oct 23Oct 25, 2025 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)

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

Dives

150 m
Deepest dive
5:18
Longest dive
224
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
22
Sightings
107
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200150 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (212 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 · Oct 18, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
212 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.6°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 22 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
34 m – 212 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.8°C – 11.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 22 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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