Simba – Residency
4th sighting in Iceland
Simba @54280
Jul 16 – 24, 2026 · Iceland
Iceland · Jul 2026
40 m
Deepest dive
2:11
Longest dive
45
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 8
- Deepest dive on record
- 40 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 16, 2026 | 54 m | 10.1°C | 40 m |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 17 m | 10.2°C | 15 m |
| Jul 22, 2026 | 15 m | 11.0°C | 13 m |
| Jul 24, 2026 | 46 m | 11.2°C | 37 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
40 m
Deepest dive
2:11
Longest dive
45
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
8
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 (54 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 16, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 54 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 15 m – 54 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.1°C – 11.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.