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Iceland

HW-MN0101972 – Residency

59th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of HW-MN0101972
HW-MN0101972 Confirmed in the catalog @38317
Jul 24 – Aug 1, 2026 · Iceland

Cold Water, Full Days

Cliffs in sight, company nearby, feeding good — this stretch had it all.

101 m
Deepest dive
4:04
Longest dive
95
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
8
Deepest dive on record
101 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 24, 2026144 m8.4°C50 m
Jul 26, 2026107 m8.6°C94 m
Jul 27, 2026115 m8.4°C68 m
Jul 28, 2026113 m8.7°C101 m
Aug 1, 2026103 m8.7°C75 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 24, 2026 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 26, 2026 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 27, 2026 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jul 27Jul 28, 2026 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Jul 28Aug 1, 2026 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 1

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

Dives

101 m
Deepest dive
4:04
Longest dive
95
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
8
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150101 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (113 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 · Jul 28, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
113 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
103 m – 144 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.4°C – 8.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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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