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Iceland

Sharkboy – Residency

22nd sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Sharkboy
Sharkboy Confirmed in the catalog @58835
May 2 – Jun 19, 2026 · Iceland

Green Water, Good Company

Shelf's shallow, herring's running, and I keep showing up for it.

45 m
Deepest dive
2:10
Longest dive
73
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
47

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 2, 202654 m6.7°C45 m
Jun 10, 202651 m10.9°C43 m
Jun 13, 202649 m10.7°C43 m
Jun 14, 202635 m10.8°C30 m
Jun 15, 202652 m10.7°C24 m
Jun 16, 202644 m10.7°C35 m
Jun 19, 202646 m8.6°C38 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 2, 2026 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)May 2Jun 10, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 10Jun 13, 2026 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jun 13Jun 14, 2026 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jun 14Jun 15, 2026 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jun 15Jun 16, 2026 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jun 16Jun 19, 2026 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jun 19

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

Dives

45 m
Deepest dive
2:10
Longest dive
73
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
47
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255045 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (54 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 · May 2, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.7°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
35 m – 54 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.7°C – 10.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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