Merlin – Residency
8th sighting in Iceland
Merlin @157518
Aug 15 – Oct 7, 2026 · Iceland
This Bay, My Whole Story
Every surface here between late summer and autumn's edge felt like mine.
78 m
Deepest dive
3:51
Longest dive
89
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 53
- Deepest dive on record
- 78 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 15, 2026 | 144 m | 9.3°C | 73 m |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 75 m | — | 60 m |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 75 m | — | 60 m |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 80 m | — | 63 m |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 123 m | — | 76 m |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 66 m | — | 54 m |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 122 m | — | 78 m |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 128 m | — | 52 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
78 m
Deepest dive
3:51
Longest dive
89
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
53
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 (122 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 2, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 122 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 66 m – 144 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 9.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.