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Iceland

Whall-E – Residency

19th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Whall-E
Whall-E Confirmed in the catalog @91419
Jul 29 – Sep 29, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Sep 2025

157 m
Deepest dive
4:55
Longest dive
113
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
62
Deepest dive on record
157 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 29, 2025103 m—65 m
Aug 9, 202577 m—48 m
Aug 19, 202580 m—39 m
Aug 25, 202574 m—62 m
Sep 22, 2025177 m—34 m
Sep 23, 2025167 m—95 m
Sep 24, 2025190 m—88 m
Sep 28, 2025216 m—157 m
Sep 29, 2025124 m—103 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 29, 2025 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 19, 2025 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 25, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Aug 25Sep 22, 2025 — seafloor 177 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 23, 2025 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Sep 23Sep 24, 2025 — seafloor 190 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Sep 24Sep 28, 2025 — seafloor 216 m (measured), deepest dive 157 m (modelled)Sep 28Sep 29, 2025 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Sep 29

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

Dives

157 m
Deepest dive
4:55
Longest dive
113
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
62
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200157 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (216 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 · Sep 28, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
216 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
74 m – 216 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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