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Iceland

David Jones II – Residency

50th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of David Jones II
David Jones II Confirmed in the catalog @48273
Mar 16 – Jul 29, 2023 · Iceland

Iceland · Mar – Jul 2023

33 m
Deepest dive
1:40
Longest dive
426
Dives
Sightings
27
Days between first and last sighting
135

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 16, 202332 m3.9°C28 m
Mar 17, 202346 m3.8°C33 m
Mar 17, 202326 m3.7°C24 m
Apr 6, 202310 m4.4°C9 m
Apr 6, 202326 m4.6°C23 m
Apr 17, 202326 m5.3°C24 m
Apr 18, 202326 m5.3°C24 m
May 4, 202326 m7.0°C22 m
Jun 15, 202326 m9.6°C18 m
Jul 7, 202326 m10.3°C23 m
Jul 8, 202326 m10.4°C22 m
Jul 16, 202326 m9.8°C22 m
Jul 17, 202326 m9.6°C24 m
Jul 18, 202326 m9.9°C21 m
Jul 19, 202326 m10.1°C24 m
Jul 20, 202326 m10.2°C21 m
Jul 21, 202326 m11.5°C21 m
Jul 22, 202325 m11.4°C19 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 16, 2023 — seafloor 32 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Mar 16Mar 17, 2023 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Mar 17, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Apr 6, 2023 — seafloor 10 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Apr 6, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Apr 17, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Apr 17Apr 18, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)May 4, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jun 15, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jul 7, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 8Jul 16, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 17, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 18, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jul 19, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 20, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 21, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2023 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 23, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 23Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 25, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Jul 27, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jul 28Jul 29, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)

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

Dives

33 m
Deepest dive
1:40
Longest dive
426
Dives
12 m
Avg dive depth
27
Sightings
135
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255033 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (46 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 · Mar 17, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
46 m
Sea-surface temperature
3.8°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 27 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
10 m – 46 m
Sea-surface temperature
3.7°C – 12.2°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 18.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 27 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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