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Iceland

Whalie McWhaleface – Residency

26th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Whalie McWhaleface
Whalie McWhaleface Confirmed in the catalog @37728
Aug 24 – 27, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · Aug 2025

100 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
48
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
3

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 24, 2025152 m—59 m
Aug 24, 2025204 m—44 m
Aug 25, 2025195 m—60 m
Aug 26, 2025177 m—100 m
Aug 26, 2025220 m—75 m
Aug 27, 202574 m—49 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 24, 2025 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 24, 2025 — seafloor 204 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 25, 2025 — seafloor 195 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 26, 2025 — seafloor 177 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Aug 26Aug 26, 2025 — seafloor 220 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 26Aug 27, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 27

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

Dives

100 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
48
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
3
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
050100100 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (177 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 · Aug 26, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
177 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
74 m – 220 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 7.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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