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Iceland

Pistaccio – Residency

20th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Pistaccio
Pistaccio Confirmed in the catalog @37783
Jun 29 – Aug 31, 2026 · Iceland

Grey Light, Good Water

Mid-summer on my shelf, catching up with the crowd again — feeding's grand this year.

101 m
Deepest dive
3:43
Longest dive
85
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
63

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 29, 202673 m8.1°C63 m
Jul 11, 2026105 m8.6°C52 m
Aug 6, 2026204 m7.9°C101 m
Aug 30, 2026206 m8.7°C57 m
Aug 31, 2026217 m8.7°C77 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 29, 2026 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jun 29Jul 11, 2026 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 11Aug 6, 2026 — seafloor 204 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 30, 2026 — seafloor 206 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Aug 30Aug 31, 2026 — seafloor 217 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Aug 31

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

Dives

101 m
Deepest dive
3:43
Longest dive
85
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
63
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150101 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (204 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 6, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
204 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.9°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
73 m – 217 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.9°C – 8.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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