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Iceland

HW-MN0104561 – Residency

27th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of HW-MN0104561
HW-MN0104561 Confirmed in the catalog @153255
Jan 3 – Feb 20, 2026 · Iceland

Iceland · Jan – Feb 2026

21 m
Deepest dive
1:27
Longest dive
319
Dives
Sightings
27
Days between first and last sighting
48

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 3, 202624 m5.0°C13 m
Jan 9, 202618 m5.1°C15 m
Jan 14, 20268 m5.1°C7 m
Jan 17, 202623 m4.9°C21 m
Jan 25, 202623 m5.2°C20 m
Jan 26, 202611 m5.5°C10 m
Jan 26, 202621 m5.4°C19 m
Jan 27, 202616 m5.3°C14 m
Jan 28, 202616 m5.2°C14 m
Jan 29, 202615 m5.3°C10 m
Feb 1, 202614 m5.3°C13 m
Feb 2, 202618 m4.9°C16 m
Feb 2, 202612 m4.9°C10 m
Feb 4, 202612 m4.2°C11 m
Feb 5, 202628 m4.1°C13 m
Feb 8, 202617 m4.6°C14 m
Feb 10, 202611 m5.3°C10 m
Feb 11, 202622 m5.2°C19 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jan 3, 2026 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Jan 3Jan 9, 2026 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jan 14, 2026 — seafloor 8 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)Jan 17, 2026 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jan 25, 2026 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Jan 26, 2026 — seafloor 11 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Jan 26Jan 26, 2026 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jan 27, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Jan 28, 2026 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Jan 29, 2026 — seafloor 15 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Feb 1, 2026 — seafloor 14 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Feb 1Feb 2, 2026 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Feb 2, 2026 — seafloor 12 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Feb 4, 2026 — seafloor 12 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Feb 5, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Feb 8, 2026 — seafloor 17 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Feb 8Feb 10, 2026 — seafloor 11 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Feb 11, 2026 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Feb 11, 2026 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Feb 12, 2026 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Feb 13, 2026 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Feb 13Feb 14, 2026 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Feb 14, 2026 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Feb 15, 2026 — seafloor 18 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Feb 16, 2026 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Feb 16, 2026 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Feb 16Feb 20, 2026 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)

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

Dives

21 m
Deepest dive
1:27
Longest dive
319
Dives
9 m
Avg dive depth
27
Sightings
48
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255021 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (23 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 · Jan 17, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
23 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 27 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
8 m – 28 m
Sea-surface temperature
3.7°C – 5.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 27 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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