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Iceland

Whalie McWhaleface – Residency

16th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Whalie McWhaleface
Whalie McWhaleface Confirmed in the catalog @37728
Aug 7 – 13, 2022 · Iceland

Iceland · Aug 2022

100 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
44
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
6

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 7, 202283 m—33 m
Aug 8, 2022174 m—100 m
Aug 11, 2022109 m—44 m
Aug 12, 2022109 m—98 m
Aug 13, 2022109 m—54 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 7, 2022 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 8, 2022 — seafloor 174 m (measured), deepest dive 100 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 11, 2022 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 12, 2022 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 13, 2022 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Aug 13

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

Dives

100 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
44
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
6
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
050100100 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (174 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 8, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
174 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
83 m – 174 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 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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