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Iceland

Khaleesi – Residency

74th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Khaleesi
Khaleesi Confirmed in the catalog @26032
Aug 31 – Oct 14, 2026 · Iceland

Same Shallow Water, Again

Lingered near the cold bottom, same faces drifting by, September.

155 m
Deepest dive
4:30
Longest dive
186
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
44
Deepest dive on record
155 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 31, 2026186 m8.7°C102 m
Sep 2, 202644 m8.3°C40 m
Sep 3, 2026217 m8.0°C155 m
Sep 4, 202640 m7.5°C36 m
Sep 6, 202652 m8.7°C43 m
Sep 7, 2026168 m8.9°C38 m
Sep 8, 202692 m9.0°C46 m
Sep 9, 202681 m9.2°C62 m
Sep 22, 202682 m8.0°C9 m
Sep 24, 2026131 m7.8°C69 m
Sep 27, 2026116 m7.4°C99 m
Sep 28, 202691 m8.1°C18 m
Oct 6, 202691 m6.7°C45 m
Oct 11, 2026103 m6.8°C43 m
Oct 14, 202654 m6.9°C48 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 31, 2026 — seafloor 186 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 217 m (measured), deepest dive 155 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2026 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 6, 2026 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2026 — seafloor 168 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2026 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 8Sep 9, 2026 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Sep 24, 2026 — seafloor 131 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 27, 2026 — seafloor 116 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2026 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 6Oct 11, 2026 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Oct 14, 2026 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)

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

Dives

155 m
Deepest dive
4:30
Longest dive
186
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
44
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200155 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (217 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 · Sep 3, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
217 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.0°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
40 m – 217 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.7°C – 9.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 15 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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