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Iceland

HW-MN0103738 – Residency

31st sighting in Iceland
Fluke of HW-MN0103738
HW-MN0103738 Confirmed in the catalog @120023
Jun 29 – Oct 13, 2026 · Iceland

Same Shelf, Every Summer

Cold water, full plate—why would I leave?

66 m
Deepest dive
2:21
Longest dive
357
Dives
Sightings
25
Days between first and last sighting
106
Deepest dive on record
66 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 29, 202632 m10.3°C29 m
Jul 3, 20268 m11.2°C7 m
Jul 4, 202633 m11.0°C27 m
Jul 28, 202626 m11.6°C23 m
Aug 7, 202626 m11.2°C23 m
Aug 9, 202626 m11.6°C21 m
Aug 11, 202677 m11.3°C66 m
Aug 18, 202623 m11.6°C20 m
Aug 20, 202622 m11.7°C20 m
Aug 25, 202630 m11.3°C27 m
Aug 26, 202623 m11.4°C10 m
Aug 28, 202649 m11.5°C23 m
Aug 29, 202642 m11.6°C35 m
Aug 30, 202644 m12.0°C40 m
Aug 31, 202638 m11.9°C34 m
Sep 3, 202647 m11.4°C42 m
Sep 10, 202653 m—36 m
Sep 12, 202652 m—40 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 29, 2026 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jun 29Jul 3, 2026 — seafloor 8 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)Jul 4, 2026 — seafloor 33 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2026 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2026 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2026 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 11, 2026 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2026 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2026 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2026 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2026 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Aug 26Aug 28, 2026 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2026 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 30, 2026 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2026 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 10, 2026 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2026 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2026 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 14, 2026 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Sep 18, 2026 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Sep 18Sep 19, 2026 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Sep 30, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2026 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Oct 13, 2026 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)

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

Dives

66 m
Deepest dive
2:21
Longest dive
357
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
25
Sightings
106
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010066 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (77 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 · Aug 11, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
77 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.3°C
Distance from shore
22.0 km

Across the residency · 25 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
8 m – 77 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.3°C – 12.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 24.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 25 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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