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Iceland

Banana – Residency

14th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Banana
Banana Confirmed in the catalog @126074
Jul 22 – Dec 26, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Dec 2024

42 m
Deepest dive
2:05
Longest dive
144
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
158
Deepest dive on record
42 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 22, 20243 m9.4°C3 m
Aug 30, 2024125 m8.1°C42 m
Nov 25, 202434 m5.5°C28 m
Nov 26, 202421 m5.4°C19 m
Nov 29, 202426 m5.5°C20 m
Dec 1, 202434 m5.1°C24 m
Dec 4, 202420 m5.4°C16 m
Dec 16, 202422 m4.8°C11 m
Dec 17, 202422 m4.8°C17 m
Dec 19, 202422 m4.8°C19 m
Dec 21, 202422 m4.9°C17 m
Dec 22, 202422 m5.2°C20 m
Dec 23, 202422 m5.2°C20 m
Dec 26, 202422 m4.7°C17 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 22, 2024 — seafloor 3 m (measured), deepest dive 3 m (modelled)Jul 22Aug 30, 2024 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Nov 25, 2024 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Nov 26, 2024 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Nov 26Nov 29, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Dec 1, 2024 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Dec 4, 2024 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Dec 4Dec 16, 2024 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Dec 17, 2024 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Dec 19, 2024 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Dec 19Dec 21, 2024 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Dec 22, 2024 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Dec 23, 2024 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Dec 23Dec 26, 2024 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)

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

Dives

42 m
Deepest dive
2:05
Longest dive
144
Dives
11 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
158
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255042 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (125 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 30, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
125 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
3 m – 125 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.7°C – 9.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 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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