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Iceland

Shadow – Residency

53rd sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Shadow
Shadow Confirmed in the catalog @48254
Jul 11 – Oct 13, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Oct 2024

144 m
Deepest dive
4:42
Longest dive
326
Dives
Sightings
26
Days between first and last sighting
94
Deepest dive on record
144 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 11, 202480 m8.8°C44 m
Jul 25, 2024161 m9.0°C144 m
Jul 29, 202424 m9.5°C19 m
Jul 29, 2024158 m9.4°C61 m
Jul 29, 2024149 m9.5°C114 m
Jul 29, 2024143 m9.5°C73 m
Jul 29, 2024149 m9.5°C76 m
Jul 29, 2024149 m9.5°C88 m
Aug 1, 2024109 m9.5°C81 m
Aug 4, 2024109 m8.6°C63 m
Aug 10, 2024109 m9.5°C81 m
Aug 12, 202461 m9.5°C48 m
Aug 12, 2024109 m9.5°C88 m
Aug 13, 2024109 m9.6°C52 m
Aug 14, 2024109 m10.0°C59 m
Aug 27, 2024104 m8.7°C92 m
Sep 2, 2024109 m8.0°C64 m
Sep 6, 2024109 m8.3°C80 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 11, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 25, 2024 — seafloor 161 m (measured), deepest dive 144 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2024 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2024 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2024 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 114 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2024 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 29, 2024 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2024 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Aug 1, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 12, 2024 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Aug 13, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 14, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2024 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Aug 27Sep 2, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 8, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Sep 12Sep 19, 2024 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Oct 3, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 13, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Oct 13

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

Dives

144 m
Deepest dive
4:42
Longest dive
326
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
26
Sightings
94
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150144 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (161 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 25, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
161 m
Sea-surface temperature
9.0°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 26 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
24 m – 161 m
Sea-surface temperature
3.9°C – 10.0°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 26 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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