Balik – Residency
31st sighting in Iceland
Balik @126078
Jun 9 – Sep 11, 2026 · Iceland
Herring Season, Wide Open
Whole summer of silver walls and boats that know my fluke.
150 m
Deepest dive
5:14
Longest dive
73
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 94
- Deepest dive on record
- 150 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2026 | 47 m | — | 38 m |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 184 m | 7.5°C | 150 m |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 199 m | 8.8°C | 114 m |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 203 m | 8.8°C | 63 m |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 149 m | 9.2°C | 51 m |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 195 m | 8.9°C | 46 m |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 190 m | — | 100 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
150 m
Deepest dive
5:14
Longest dive
73
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
94
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (184 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 5, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 184 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 7.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 47 m – 203 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 7.5°C – 9.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.