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Iceland

Tadpole – Residency

28th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Tadpole
Tadpole Confirmed in the catalog @38340
Jul 31 – Sep 27, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Sep 2024

75 m
Deepest dive
2:37
Longest dive
44
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
58

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 31, 2024-0 m——
Sep 20, 2024129 m—61 m
Sep 22, 2024125 m—53 m
Sep 27, 202488 m—59 m
Sep 27, 202488 m—75 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 31, 2024 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 31Sep 20, 2024 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Sep 20Sep 22, 2024 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Sep 22Sep 27, 2024 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 27Sep 27, 2024 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Sep 27

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

Dives

75 m
Deepest dive
2:37
Longest dive
44
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
58
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010075 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (88 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 27, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
88 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-0 m – 129 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 3.0 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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