Tarantula – Residency
13th sighting in Iceland
Tarantula @24919
Sep 2 – 20, 2024 · Iceland
Iceland · Sep 2024
96 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
57
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 18
- Deepest dive on record
- 96 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2024 | 117 m | — | 63 m |
| Sep 12, 2024 | 95 m | — | 68 m |
| Sep 12, 2024 | 125 m | — | 55 m |
| Sep 16, 2024 | 133 m | — | 96 m |
| Sep 20, 2024 | 130 m | — | 68 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
96 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
57
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
18
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (133 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 16, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 133 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 95 m – 133 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.