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Iceland

Zorua – Residency

56th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Zorua
Zorua Confirmed in the catalog @38367
Jun 25 – Aug 30, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · Jun – Aug 2025

78 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
81
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
65

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 25, 202554 m8.3°C47 m
Jul 2, 202585 m8.8°C37 m
Jul 3, 202538 m8.8°C23 m
Jul 3, 202542 m8.9°C36 m
Jul 4, 202541 m9.4°C25 m
Jul 12, 202516 m9.8°C14 m
Jul 23, 202515 m10.8°C13 m
Jul 24, 2025110 m10.7°C78 m
Aug 23, 2025-0 m9.8°C—
Aug 30, 2025-0 m9.2°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 25, 2025 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jun 25Jul 2, 2025 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 3, 2025 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 3, 2025 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 3Jul 4, 2025 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Jul 4Jul 12, 2025 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 23, 2025 — seafloor 15 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Jul 23Jul 24, 2025 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jul 24Aug 23, 2025 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 23Aug 30, 2025 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 30

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

Dives

78 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
81
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
65
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010078 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (110 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 · Jul 24, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
110 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-0 m – 110 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.3°C – 10.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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