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Iceland

HW-MN0104189 – Residency

9th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of HW-MN0104189
HW-MN0104189 Confirmed in the catalog @140045
Aug 29 – Sep 4, 2026 · Iceland

Shelf water, good company

Cold green water, plenty of company, surfaced glad every single time.

64 m
Deepest dive
2:36
Longest dive
54
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
6
Deepest dive on record
64 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 29, 202624 m11.3°C19 m
Sep 1, 202624 m10.6°C19 m
Sep 2, 202656 m10.5°C51 m
Sep 2, 202624 m10.6°C22 m
Sep 4, 2026183 m10.7°C64 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 29, 2026 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 1, 2026 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 4, 2026 — seafloor 183 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 4

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

Dives

64 m
Deepest dive
2:36
Longest dive
54
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
6
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010064 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (183 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 4, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
183 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.7°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
24 m – 183 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.5°C – 11.3°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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