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Iceland

Appa – Residency

8th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Appa
Appa Confirmed in the catalog @121303
Jun 19 – Jul 27, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Jun – Jul 2024

149 m
Deepest dive
4:51
Longest dive
54
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
38
Deepest dive on record
149 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 19, 2024226 m—113 m
Jun 20, 2024132 m—54 m
Jun 21, 2024149 m—71 m
Jun 26, 2024170 m—149 m
Jun 27, 2024149 m—31 m
Jul 25, 2024149 m—65 m
Jul 27, 2024171 m—82 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 19, 2024 — seafloor 226 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Jun 19Jun 20, 2024 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jun 20Jun 21, 2024 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 26, 2024 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 149 m (modelled)Jun 26Jun 27, 2024 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jun 27Jul 25, 2024 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 27, 2024 — seafloor 171 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jul 27

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

Dives

149 m
Deepest dive
4:51
Longest dive
54
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
38
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150149 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (170 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 · Jun 26, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
170 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
132 m – 226 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 15.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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