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Iceland

Wings – Residency

36th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Wings
Wings Confirmed in the catalog @37699
Aug 29, 2024 – Jan 26, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · Aug 2024 – Jan 2025

109 m
Deepest dive
4:51
Longest dive
187
Dives
Sightings
17
Days between first and last sighting
150

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 29, 2024104 m7.9°C14 m
Aug 29, 2024109 m8.0°C57 m
Sep 6, 202488 m8.4°C47 m
Sep 6, 202494 m8.4°C66 m
Sep 12, 2024109 m7.5°C77 m
Sep 12, 2024102 m7.4°C50 m
Sep 13, 2024120 m7.6°C101 m
Sep 14, 2024109 m7.3°C73 m
Sep 17, 2024109 m5.9°C32 m
Sep 29, 2024119 m4.7°C109 m
Sep 29, 2024109 m4.8°C57 m
Oct 7, 2024109 m5.4°C54 m
Oct 26, 2024109 m3.9°C54 m
Nov 8, 2024109 m3.4°C100 m
Jan 3, 2025106 m0.6°C94 m
Jan 23, 2025109 m1.3°C61 m
Jan 26, 202560 m1.5°C47 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 29, 2024 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Aug 29Aug 29, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2024 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2024 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 12, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2024 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2024 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 14, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Sep 29, 2024 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 109 m (modelled)Sep 29Sep 29, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Oct 26, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Oct 26Nov 8, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Jan 3, 2025 — seafloor 106 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Jan 23, 2025 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jan 23Jan 26, 2025 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)

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

Dives

109 m
Deepest dive
4:51
Longest dive
187
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
17
Sightings
150
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150109 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (119 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 29, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
119 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 17 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
60 m – 120 m
Sea-surface temperature
0.6°C – 8.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 5.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 17 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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