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Iceland

Starlight – Residency

17th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Starlight
Starlight Confirmed in the catalog @98247
May 4 – Aug 27, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · May – Aug 2025

80 m
Deepest dive
3:31
Longest dive
56
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
115

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 4, 202562 m—23 m
Jul 17, 202588 m—80 m
Jul 28, 2025111 m—60 m
Aug 4, 2025124 m—67 m
Aug 27, 2025125 m—59 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 4, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)May 4Jul 17, 2025 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 28, 2025 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Jul 28Aug 4, 2025 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 27, 2025 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 27

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

Dives

80 m
Deepest dive
3:31
Longest dive
56
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
115
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010080 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (88 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 17, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
88 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
62 m – 125 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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