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Iceland

159206 – Residency

4th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of 159206
159206 Confirmed in the catalog @159206
Jul 18 – 29, 2026 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul 2026

51 m
Deepest dive
1:55
Longest dive
57
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
11
Deepest dive on record
51 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 18, 202657 m10.2°C24 m
Jul 19, 202617 m10.2°C15 m
Jul 22, 202654 m11.0°C45 m
Jul 29, 202657 m11.7°C51 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 18, 2026 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 19, 2026 — seafloor 17 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 22, 2026 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 29, 2026 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 29

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

Dives

51 m
Deepest dive
1:55
Longest dive
57
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
11
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010051 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (57 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 · Jul 29, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
57 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.7°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
17 m – 57 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.2°C – 11.7°C
Distance from shore
8.0 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.

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