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Iceland

Monster – Residency

16th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Monster
Monster Confirmed in the catalog @105316
May 26 – Aug 1, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · May – Aug 2024

98 m
Deepest dive
3:28
Longest dive
94
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
67

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 26, 202487 m—63 m
Jun 21, 202489 m—64 m
Jun 22, 202470 m—42 m
Jun 27, 202459 m—26 m
Jul 27, 2024154 m—45 m
Jul 29, 2024128 m—98 m
Jul 30, 2024118 m—45 m
Aug 1, 202498 m—66 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 26, 2024 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)May 26Jun 21, 2024 — seafloor 89 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 22, 2024 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jun 22Jun 27, 2024 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jun 27Jul 27, 2024 — seafloor 154 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 27Jul 29, 2024 — seafloor 128 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 30, 2024 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 1, 2024 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 1

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

Dives

98 m
Deepest dive
3:28
Longest dive
94
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
67
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010098 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (128 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 29, 2024

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

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
59 m – 154 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 7.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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