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Iceland

Birthday – Residency

12th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Birthday
Birthday Confirmed in the catalog @124079
Jun 17 – Jul 28, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Jun – Jul 2024

145 m
Deepest dive
4:57
Longest dive
126
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
42
Deepest dive on record
145 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 17, 2024111 m—83 m
Jul 11, 2024170 m—145 m
Jul 13, 2024167 m—35 m
Jul 13, 2024193 m—39 m
Jul 15, 202487 m—47 m
Jul 19, 2024120 m—82 m
Jul 23, 2024149 m—126 m
Jul 24, 2024154 m—107 m
Jul 25, 2024167 m—128 m
Jul 26, 2024138 m—96 m
Jul 26, 2024171 m—78 m
Jul 28, 2024171 m—128 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 17, 2024 — seafloor 111 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Jun 17Jul 11, 2024 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 145 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 13, 2024 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 13, 2024 — seafloor 193 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 15, 2024 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 19, 2024 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 23, 2024 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Jul 23Jul 24, 2024 — seafloor 154 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Jul 24Jul 25, 2024 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 128 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 26, 2024 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 26, 2024 — seafloor 171 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 26Jul 28, 2024 — seafloor 171 m (measured), deepest dive 128 m (modelled)Jul 28

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

Dives

145 m
Deepest dive
4:57
Longest dive
126
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
42
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150145 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 · Jul 11, 2024

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

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
87 m – 193 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 12 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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