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Iceland

Joar – Residency

19th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Joar
Joar Confirmed in the catalog @39304
Aug 10 – 25, 2026 · Iceland

Westfjords, Herring Time

Cliffs at my back, herring below, exactly where I wanted to be.

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
15

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 10, 2026-0 m9.2°C—
Aug 18, 2026-0 m8.7°C—
Aug 25, 2026-0 m8.9°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 10, 2026 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 10Aug 18, 2026 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 18Aug 25, 2026 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 25

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

Dives

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Deepest dive
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Longest dive
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Dives
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Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
15
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
02550startdive sequence (illustrative)

Modelled from the published dive-behaviour distribution. 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 25, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
-0 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-0 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.7°C – 9.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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