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Iceland

Sparks – Residency

19th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Sparks
Sparks Confirmed in the catalog @17100
Jun 25 – 30, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Jun 2024

67 m
Deepest dive
3:15
Longest dive
28
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
5

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 25, 202478 m—13 m
Jun 30, 2024192 m—67 m
Jun 30, 2024222 m—53 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 25, 2024 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Jun 25Jun 30, 2024 — seafloor 192 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Jun 30Jun 30, 2024 — seafloor 222 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jun 30

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

Dives

67 m
Deepest dive
3:15
Longest dive
28
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
5
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010067 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (192 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 30, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
192 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m – 222 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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