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Iceland

Angel – Residency

48th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Angel
Angel Confirmed in the catalog @82114
Oct 6 – 7, 2026 · Iceland

Shelf Life, Autumn Edition

Cold water, full bay, boats catching me twice — autumn's doing just fine.

53 m
Deepest dive
2:27
Longest dive
17
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
1

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 6, 202696 m6.7°C53 m
Oct 7, 202696 m6.9°C49 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 6, 2026 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 6Oct 7, 2026 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Oct 7

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

Dives

53 m
Deepest dive
2:27
Longest dive
17
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010053 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (96 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 · Oct 6, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
96 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
96 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.7°C – 6.9°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 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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