Whalerdell – Residency
8th sighting in Iceland
Whalerdell @142082
Aug 10 – Sep 1, 2026 · Iceland
This Coast Delivers
Late summer, cold water, plenty of company — this stretch just works for me.
105 m
Deepest dive
3:38
Longest dive
105
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 22
- Deepest dive on record
- 105 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | 77 m | 8.8°C | 60 m |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 59 m | 9.0°C | 48 m |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 172 m | 9.3°C | 35 m |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 214 m | 8.7°C | 33 m |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 210 m | 8.7°C | 100 m |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 142 m | 8.6°C | 105 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
105 m
Deepest dive
3:38
Longest dive
105
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
22
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 (142 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 1, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 142 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 59 m – 214 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.6°C – 9.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.