Elf – Residency
4th sighting in Iceland
Elf @139259
May 2 – Jul 12, 2025 · Iceland
Iceland · May – Jul 2025
107 m
Deepest dive
3:27
Longest dive
66
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 71
- Deepest dive on record
- 107 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2025 | 62 m | — | 50 m |
| May 11, 2025 | 17 m | — | 15 m |
| May 12, 2025 | 101 m | — | 64 m |
| Jul 12, 2025 | 345 m | — | 107 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
107 m
Deepest dive
3:27
Longest dive
66
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
71
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 (345 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Jul 12, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 345 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 17 m – 345 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.