Paul Watson – Residency
40th sighting in Iceland
Paul Watson @98216
Oct 16 – Nov 23, 2025 · Iceland
Iceland · Oct – Nov 2025
142 m
Deepest dive
4:21
Longest dive
178
Dives
- Sightings
- 12
- Days between first and last sighting
- 38
- Deepest dive on record
- 142 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2025 | 144 m | 6.4°C | 54 m |
| Oct 17, 2025 | 144 m | 6.6°C | 77 m |
| Oct 18, 2025 | 114 m | 6.5°C | 40 m |
| Oct 18, 2025 | 212 m | 6.6°C | 97 m |
| Oct 19, 2025 | 174 m | 6.5°C | 48 m |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 183 m | 5.9°C | 61 m |
| Oct 24, 2025 | 138 m | 5.8°C | 85 m |
| Oct 25, 2025 | 99 m | 5.8°C | 72 m |
| Oct 25, 2025 | 99 m | 5.8°C | 40 m |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 158 m | 6.2°C | 142 m |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 126 m | 5.6°C | 99 m |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 169 m | 4.2°C | 90 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
142 m
Deepest dive
4:21
Longest dive
178
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
38
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (158 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 27, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 158 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 6.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 12 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 99 m – 212 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 4.2°C – 6.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 12 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.