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Iceland

Gears – Residency

21st sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Gears
Gears Confirmed in the catalog @24916
Jul 24 – Aug 10, 2026 · Iceland

Green Water, Full House

The fjord filled up with company and the feeding was easy.

76 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
45
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
17

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 24, 2026120 m8.9°C60 m
Aug 10, 2026102 m9.4°C76 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 24, 2026 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 24Aug 10, 2026 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Aug 10

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

Dives

76 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
45
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
17
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010076 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (102 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 · Aug 10, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
102 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
102 m – 120 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.9°C – 9.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 4.0 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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