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Iceland

Moonlight – Residency

10th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Moonlight
Moonlight Confirmed in the catalog @126077
Jul 20 – Aug 4, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Aug 2025

119 m
Deepest dive
4:58
Longest dive
102
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
15

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 20, 202531 m—28 m
Jul 22, 2025149 m—118 m
Jul 31, 202543 m—33 m
Aug 1, 2025152 m—119 m
Aug 3, 202530 m—28 m
Aug 4, 202510 m—7 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 20, 2025 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 22, 2025 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 118 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 31, 2025 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 1, 2025 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 119 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 3, 2025 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 4, 2025 — seafloor 10 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)Aug 4

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

Dives

119 m
Deepest dive
4:58
Longest dive
102
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
15
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150119 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (152 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 1, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
152 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
10 m – 152 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 7.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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