Chester Wellington – Residency
8th sighting in Iceland
Chester Wellington @37776
Jul 9 – 10, 2026 · Iceland
This Green Shelf Again Delivers
Capelin thick, water cold and honest, twice caught looking pleased about it.
114 m
Deepest dive
3:16
Longest dive
14
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 1
- Deepest dive on record
- 114 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | 182 m | 8.5°C | 114 m |
| Jul 10, 2026 | 149 m | 8.6°C | 65 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
114 m
Deepest dive
3:16
Longest dive
14
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
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 (182 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 9, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 182 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 149 m – 182 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.5°C – 8.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.