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Iceland

Sunshine – Residency

20th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Sunshine
Sunshine Confirmed in the catalog @26031
Apr 19 – Sep 3, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Apr – Sep 2024

100 m
Deepest dive
3:30
Longest dive
122
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
137
Deepest dive on record
100 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 19, 202426 m—23 m
Apr 19, 202424 m—18 m
Jul 2, 20247 m—6 m
Jul 3, 202495 m—78 m
Aug 26, 2024125 m—75 m
Sep 2, 2024117 m—100 m
Sep 3, 2024121 m—72 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 19, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Apr 19Apr 19, 2024 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Apr 19Jul 2, 2024 — seafloor 7 m (measured), deepest dive 6 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 3, 2024 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 3Aug 26, 2024 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 26Sep 2, 2024 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 3, 2024 — seafloor 121 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Sep 3

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

Dives

100 m
Deepest dive
3:30
Longest dive
122
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
137
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
050100100 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (117 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 2, 2024

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

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
7 m – 125 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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