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Iceland

Balik – Residency

24th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Balik
Balik Confirmed in the catalog @126078
Aug 22 – Sep 12, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · Aug – Sep 2025

132 m
Deepest dive
5:55
Longest dive
81
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
21

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 22, 2025214 m—70 m
Aug 24, 2025210 m—121 m
Aug 27, 2025212 m—74 m
Aug 28, 2025193 m—117 m
Sep 12, 2025149 m—132 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 22, 2025 — seafloor 214 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 22Aug 24, 2025 — seafloor 210 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 27, 2025 — seafloor 212 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 28, 2025 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Aug 28Sep 12, 2025 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 132 m (modelled)Sep 12

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

Dives

132 m
Deepest dive
5:55
Longest dive
81
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
21
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150132 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (149 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 · Sep 12, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
149 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
149 m – 214 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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