Gills – Residency
80th sighting in Iceland
Gills @32695
Aug 24 – 27, 2026 · Iceland
Full Shelf, Good Company
August lunges, packed water, plenty of fins to share it with.
73 m
Deepest dive
2:40
Longest dive
44
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 3
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | 84 m | 9.3°C | 73 m |
| Aug 25, 2026 | 88 m | 9.4°C | 50 m |
| Aug 26, 2026 | 80 m | 9.4°C | 30 m |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 15 m | 8.6°C | 13 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
73 m
Deepest dive
2:40
Longest dive
44
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
3
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (84 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 24, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 84 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 9.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 15 m – 88 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.6°C – 9.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 2.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.