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Iceland

Dakota – Residency

8th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Dakota
Dakota Confirmed in the catalog @109244
Jun 22 – 23, 2026 · Iceland

Iceland Waters, Every Summer

This bay knows my tail better than I know myself.

57 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
10
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 22, 2026179 m8.1°C44 m
Jun 23, 2026181 m8.1°C57 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 22, 2026 — seafloor 179 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jun 22Jun 23, 2026 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 23

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

Dives

57 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
10
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010057 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (181 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 23, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
181 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.1°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
179 m – 181 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.1°C – 8.1°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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