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Iceland

HW-MN0104247 – Residency

13th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of HW-MN0104247
HW-MN0104247 Confirmed in the catalog @141307
Jul 20 – Oct 6, 2026 · Iceland

Same Shelf, Full Belly

Late summer, crowded water, and I'm exactly where the feeding's best.

41 m
Deepest dive
1:53
Longest dive
48
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
78
Deepest dive on record
41 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 20, 202617 m10.2°C14 m
Aug 11, 202630 m11.6°C23 m
Aug 12, 202627 m11.5°C15 m
Aug 13, 202645 m11.5°C41 m
Oct 6, 202645 m—38 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 20, 2026 — seafloor 17 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Jul 20Aug 11, 2026 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 12, 2026 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 13, 2026 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 13Oct 6, 2026 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Oct 6

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

Dives

41 m
Deepest dive
1:53
Longest dive
48
Dives
12 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
78
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255041 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (45 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 13, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.5°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
17 m – 45 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.2°C – 11.6°C
Distance from shore
7.0 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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