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Iceland

Zorua – Residency

13th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Zorua
Zorua Confirmed in the catalog @38367
Apr 20 – 23, 2022 · Iceland

Iceland · Apr 2022

24 m
Deepest dive
1:41
Longest dive
40
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
3

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 20, 202226 m5.8°C20 m
Apr 21, 202226 m6.0°C20 m
Apr 22, 202223 m6.3°C21 m
Apr 23, 202226 m6.7°C24 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 20, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Apr 20Apr 21, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Apr 21Apr 22, 2022 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Apr 22Apr 23, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Apr 23

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

Dives

24 m
Deepest dive
1:41
Longest dive
40
Dives
12 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
3
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255024 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (26 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 · Apr 23, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.7°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
23 m – 26 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.8°C – 6.7°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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