Orb – Residency
17th sighting in Iceland
Orb @130973
Mar 25 – Apr 17, 2026 · Iceland
Cold shelf, good company
Spring's back on the bank, and I'm never surfacing alone here.
44 m
Deepest dive
2:14
Longest dive
52
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 24
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2026 | 32 m | 5.6°C | 24 m |
| Apr 5, 2026 | 44 m | 4.0°C | 37 m |
| Apr 5, 2026 | 29 m | 4.0°C | 23 m |
| Apr 17, 2026 | 49 m | 5.9°C | 41 m |
| Apr 17, 2026 | 54 m | 5.9°C | 44 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
44 m
Deepest dive
2:14
Longest dive
52
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
24
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 (54 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Apr 17, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 54 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 5.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 29 m – 54 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 4.0°C – 5.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.