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Iceland

Halfandhalf – Residency

42nd sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Halfandhalf
Halfandhalf Confirmed in the catalog @82722
Apr 24 – Aug 7, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · Apr – Aug 2025

37 m
Deepest dive
1:45
Longest dive
157
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
105

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 24, 202535 m5.7°C23 m
Apr 28, 202526 m7.3°C23 m
Apr 28, 202544 m7.4°C30 m
May 4, 202526 m8.2°C23 m
Jun 22, 202545 m10.0°C15 m
Jul 9, 202541 m11.0°C37 m
Jul 26, 202545 m12.3°C35 m
Aug 7, 202524 m11.6°C22 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 24, 2025 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Apr 24Apr 28, 2025 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Apr 28Apr 28, 2025 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Apr 28May 4, 2025 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)May 4Jun 22, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jun 22Jul 9, 2025 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 26, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 7, 2025 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Aug 7

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

Dives

37 m
Deepest dive
1:45
Longest dive
157
Dives
13 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
105
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255037 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (41 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 · Jul 9, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
41 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.0°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
24 m – 45 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.7°C – 12.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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