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Iceland

Mata Hari – Residency

40th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Mata Hari
Mata Hari Confirmed in the catalog @38812
Jul 4 – Aug 4, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Aug 2025

47 m
Deepest dive
1:52
Longest dive
49
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
31

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 4, 202542 m11.3°C28 m
Jul 5, 202539 m11.4°C35 m
Jul 7, 202594 m11.1°C47 m
Jul 8, 202542 m11.5°C32 m
Aug 4, 202555 m11.4°C46 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 4, 2025 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 5, 2025 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 8, 2025 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 8Aug 4, 2025 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 4

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

Dives

47 m
Deepest dive
1:52
Longest dive
49
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
31
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255047 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (94 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 7, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
94 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.1°C
Distance from shore
33.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
39 m – 94 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.1°C – 11.5°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 33.0 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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