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Iceland

Svartsvanur – Residency

14th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Svartsvanur
Svartsvanur Confirmed in the catalog @105341
Jun 11 – Sep 23, 2026 · Iceland

Herring Season, My Bay

Cold water, my swan on show, boats know exactly where to find me.

110 m
Deepest dive
4:54
Longest dive
70
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
104
Deepest dive on record
110 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 11, 2026122 m7.5°C57 m
Jun 21, 2026132 m8.1°C66 m
Jun 22, 2026127 m8.1°C66 m
Jun 24, 2026149 m8.2°C110 m
Sep 13, 2026149 m—94 m
Sep 23, 2026102 m—56 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 11, 2026 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 11Jun 21, 2026 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 22, 2026 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jun 22Jun 24, 2026 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Jun 24Sep 13, 2026 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 23, 2026 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 23

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

Dives

110 m
Deepest dive
4:54
Longest dive
70
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
104
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150110 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (149 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 24, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
149 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.2°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
102 m – 149 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.5°C – 8.2°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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