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Iceland

Tripod – Residency

71st sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Tripod
Tripod Confirmed in the catalog @98220
May 3 – 11, 2026 · Iceland

North Water, Every Spring

Cold green bay, cliffs watching, krill thick—May doesn't disappoint.

59 m
Deepest dive
1:55
Longest dive
11
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
8

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 3, 202678 m4.1°C59 m
May 11, 2026117 m4.5°C20 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 3, 2026 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)May 3May 11, 2026 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)May 11

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

Dives

59 m
Deepest dive
1:55
Longest dive
11
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
8
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010059 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (78 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 · May 3, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m – 117 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.1°C – 4.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 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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