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Iceland

161230 – Residency

2nd sighting in Iceland
Fluke of 161230
161230 Confirmed in the catalog @161230
Jun 26 – Jul 2, 2026 · Iceland

Iceland · Jun – Jul 2026

71 m
Deepest dive
3:28
Longest dive
40
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
6
Deepest dive on record
71 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 26, 2026119 m8.2°C71 m
Jul 2, 202643 m8.8°C39 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 26, 2026 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jun 26Jul 2, 2026 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 2

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

Dives

71 m
Deepest dive
3:28
Longest dive
40
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
6
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010071 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (119 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 · Jun 26, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
119 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
43 m – 119 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.2°C – 8.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 5.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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