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Iceland

NA-6668 – Residency

17th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of NA-6668
NA-6668 Confirmed in the catalog @35516
May 26 – Jul 5, 2026 · Iceland

This Green Shelf, Every Season

Herring ran thick off the cliffs, and I got caught on camera being exactly where I belong.

81 m
Deepest dive
3:38
Longest dive
34
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
39
Deepest dive on record
81 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 26, 2026209 m6.9°C81 m
May 27, 2026148 m6.7°C51 m
Jul 5, 202639 m8.1°C24 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 26, 2026 — seafloor 209 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)May 26May 27, 2026 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)May 27Jul 5, 2026 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 5

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

Dives

81 m
Deepest dive
3:38
Longest dive
34
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
39
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010081 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (209 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 · May 26, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
209 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
39 m – 209 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.7°C – 8.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 5.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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