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Iceland

Angel – Residency

46th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Angel
Angel Confirmed in the catalog @82114
Jun 1 – Jul 7, 2026 · Iceland

Westfjords, Every Early Summer

Cold shelf, full bay, my fins right where folks expect them.

63 m
Deepest dive
2:03
Longest dive
15
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
35

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 1, 202697 m6.9°C63 m
Jul 7, 2026110 m8.4°C53 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 1, 2026 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jun 1Jul 7, 2026 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 7

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

Dives

63 m
Deepest dive
2:03
Longest dive
15
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
35
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010063 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (97 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 · Jun 1, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
97 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
97 m – 110 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.9°C – 8.4°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 5.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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