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Iceland

Popeye – Residency

17th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Popeye
Popeye Confirmed in the catalog @105308
Aug 9 – Oct 14, 2023 · Iceland

Iceland · Aug – Oct 2023

91 m
Deepest dive
4:06
Longest dive
114
Dives
Sightings
17
Days between first and last sighting
66
Deepest dive on record
91 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 9, 202399 m10.0°C84 m
Aug 10, 2023113 m10.0°C47 m
Aug 10, 202380 m10.5°C67 m
Aug 14, 2023226 m12.5°C20 m
Aug 16, 2023124 m10.3°C78 m
Aug 17, 2023126 m10.7°C91 m
Aug 28, 202380 m10.3°C56 m
Aug 29, 202380 m10.3°C66 m
Aug 31, 202380 m10.1°C33 m
Sep 2, 202380 m9.1°C22 m
Sep 3, 202380 m8.5°C65 m
Sep 4, 202380 m8.7°C47 m
Sep 17, 202380 m8.5°C46 m
Sep 18, 202359 m8.6°C50 m
Sep 19, 202359 m8.4°C36 m
Sep 20, 202395 m7.9°C77 m
Oct 14, 202380 m7.0°C66 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 9, 2023 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 10, 2023 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2023 — seafloor 226 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 16, 2023 — seafloor 124 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2023 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 28Aug 29, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 3, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 4, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 17Sep 18, 2023 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 19, 2023 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 20Oct 14, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)

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

Dives

91 m
Deepest dive
4:06
Longest dive
114
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
17
Sightings
66
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010091 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (126 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 · Aug 17, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
126 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 17 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
59 m – 226 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.0°C – 12.5°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 41.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 17 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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