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Iceland

Ryder – Residency

46th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Ryder
Ryder Confirmed in the catalog @113299
Dec 7, 2025 – Apr 3, 2026 · Iceland

Winter, My Water

Cold, grey, mine — never tired of this shelf of sea.

90 m
Deepest dive
3:54
Longest dive
317
Dives
Sightings
27
Days between first and last sighting
117

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 7, 202593 m4.7°C57 m
Dec 8, 202593 m4.7°C43 m
Dec 18, 202548 m4.4°C44 m
Dec 26, 202578 m6.2°C71 m
Dec 30, 202555 m5.3°C45 m
Dec 31, 202553 m5.3°C30 m
Jan 1, 202656 m5.2°C38 m
Jan 5, 202677 m4.3°C51 m
Jan 8, 202677 m3.9°C36 m
Jan 16, 202677 m4.0°C34 m
Jan 23, 202677 m3.9°C54 m
Jan 26, 202677 m4.0°C24 m
Feb 5, 202660 m3.7°C38 m
Feb 8, 202675 m4.1°C35 m
Feb 8, 202684 m4.1°C53 m
Feb 9, 202675 m4.7°C63 m
Feb 21, 2026105 m3.9°C53 m
Feb 21, 202691 m3.9°C52 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 7, 2025 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Dec 7Dec 8, 2025 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Dec 18, 2025 — seafloor 48 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Dec 26, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Dec 30, 2025 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Dec 31, 2025 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Dec 31Jan 1, 2026 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jan 5, 2026 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jan 8, 2026 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jan 16, 2026 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jan 23, 2026 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jan 23Jan 26, 2026 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Feb 5, 2026 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Feb 8, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Feb 8, 2026 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Feb 9, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Feb 9Feb 21, 2026 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Feb 21, 2026 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Feb 22, 2026 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Feb 23, 2026 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Feb 23, 2026 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Feb 23Feb 26, 2026 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Mar 1, 2026 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Mar 3, 2026 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Mar 15, 2026 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Mar 22, 2026 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Mar 22Apr 3, 2026 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)

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

Dives

90 m
Deepest dive
3:54
Longest dive
317
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
27
Sightings
117
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010090 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (107 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 · Mar 3, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
107 m
Sea-surface temperature
3.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 27 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
48 m – 107 m
Sea-surface temperature
3.0°C – 6.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 27 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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