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Iceland

Vampire – Residency

17th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Vampire
Vampire Confirmed in the catalog @16837
Jul 5 – Oct 10, 2022 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Oct 2022

6 m
Deepest dive
0:48
Longest dive
7
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
97
Deepest dive on record
6 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 5, 2022-0 m8.8°C—
Jul 6, 2022-0 m8.2°C—
Jul 8, 2022-0 m7.9°C—
Jul 9, 2022-0 m7.9°C—
Jul 10, 2022-0 m8.4°C—
Aug 18, 2022-0 m9.6°C—
Sep 28, 20227 m8.2°C6 m
Oct 10, 2022-0 m7.4°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 5, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 5Jul 6, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 6Jul 8, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 8Jul 9, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 9Jul 10, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 10Aug 18, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 18Sep 28, 2022 — seafloor 7 m (measured), deepest dive 6 m (modelled)Sep 28Oct 10, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 10

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

Dives

6 m
Deepest dive
0:48
Longest dive
7
Dives
5 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
97
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
025506 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (7 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 · Sep 28, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
7 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-0 m – 7 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.4°C – 9.6°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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