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Iceland

HW-MN0104193 – Residency

9th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of HW-MN0104193
HW-MN0104193 Confirmed in the catalog @140049
Jul 29 – Aug 6, 2026 · Iceland

Late Summer, Well Noticed

Crossed this shelf a handful of times and got spotted every one.

42 m
Deepest dive
1:45
Longest dive
46
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
8

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 29, 202643 m11.7°C36 m
Aug 2, 202621 m11.3°C16 m
Aug 4, 202655 m11.5°C42 m
Aug 6, 202638 m11.4°C34 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 29, 2026 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 2, 2026 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Aug 2Aug 4, 2026 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 6, 2026 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 6

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

Dives

42 m
Deepest dive
1:45
Longest dive
46
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
8
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255042 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (55 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 · Aug 4, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
55 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.5°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
21 m – 55 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.3°C – 11.7°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 9.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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