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Iceland

Zorua – Residency

24th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Zorua
Zorua Confirmed in the catalog @38367
Aug 23 – Sep 18, 2023 · Iceland

Iceland · Aug – Sep 2023

129 m
Deepest dive
4:51
Longest dive
139
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
26

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 23, 202349 m9.6°C42 m
Aug 24, 2023160 m9.8°C124 m
Aug 25, 2023191 m9.8°C84 m
Aug 25, 2023181 m9.6°C35 m
Aug 28, 2023153 m9.9°C75 m
Aug 31, 2023155 m9.8°C90 m
Aug 31, 2023195 m9.7°C49 m
Sep 2, 2023149 m9.4°C129 m
Sep 3, 2023184 m9.3°C58 m
Sep 14, 2023149 m8.4°C92 m
Sep 18, 202359 m8.6°C41 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 23, 2023 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 24, 2023 — seafloor 160 m (measured), deepest dive 124 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 25, 2023 — seafloor 191 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 25, 2023 — seafloor 181 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 28, 2023 — seafloor 153 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 28Aug 31, 2023 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Aug 31Aug 31, 2023 — seafloor 195 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 2, 2023 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 129 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 3, 2023 — seafloor 184 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 14, 2023 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 18, 2023 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Sep 18

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

Dives

129 m
Deepest dive
4:51
Longest dive
139
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
26
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150129 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (149 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, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
149 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.4°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
49 m – 195 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.4°C – 9.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 11.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 11 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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