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Iceland

Gills – Residency

76th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Gills
Gills Confirmed in the catalog @32695
Jul 29 – Sep 30, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Sep 2025

94 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
127
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
63

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 29, 2025103 m10.4°C94 m
Jul 30, 2025103 m10.4°C31 m
Jul 30, 202542 m10.5°C38 m
Aug 4, 202574 m11.0°C57 m
Aug 4, 202593 m11.0°C37 m
Aug 5, 202574 m11.0°C48 m
Aug 6, 202599 m11.0°C75 m
Aug 7, 202574 m11.0°C60 m
Aug 8, 2025101 m10.3°C75 m
Sep 14, 202584 m9.1°C70 m
Sep 30, 2025110 m6.2°C27 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 29, 2025 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 30, 2025 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jul 30Jul 30, 2025 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 4, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 4, 2025 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 5, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 5Aug 6, 2025 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 7, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 8, 2025 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 8Sep 14, 2025 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 30, 2025 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Sep 30

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

Dives

94 m
Deepest dive
3:49
Longest dive
127
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
63
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010094 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (103 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, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
103 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m – 110 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.2°C – 11.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 11 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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