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Iceland

Venus – Residency

17th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Venus
Venus Confirmed in the catalog @124070
Jul 24 – Aug 8, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Aug 2025

96 m
Deepest dive
3:47
Longest dive
114
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
14

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 24, 2025122 m—96 m
Jul 28, 2025103 m—75 m
Jul 30, 2025103 m—67 m
Jul 31, 2025114 m—89 m
Aug 2, 202542 m—29 m
Aug 4, 202574 m—29 m
Aug 4, 202554 m—46 m
Aug 5, 202574 m—47 m
Aug 7, 202574 m—45 m
Aug 8, 202542 m—34 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 24, 2025 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 28, 2025 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Jul 28Jul 30, 2025 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jul 30Jul 31, 2025 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 2, 2025 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 4, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 4, 2025 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 5, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 7, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 8, 2025 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 8

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

Dives

96 m
Deepest dive
3:47
Longest dive
114
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
14
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010096 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (122 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 · Jul 24, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
122 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 122 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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