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Iceland

David Jones II – Residency

67th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of David Jones II
David Jones II Confirmed in the catalog @48273
Aug 16 – Nov 6, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Aug – Nov 2024

36 m
Deepest dive
1:47
Longest dive
198
Dives
Sightings
16
Days between first and last sighting
82

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 16, 202428 m11.3°C24 m
Aug 17, 202410 m11.1°C8 m
Sep 2, 202426 m9.6°C24 m
Sep 18, 202426 m9.0°C23 m
Sep 19, 202426 m9.2°C13 m
Sep 23, 202419 m8.6°C17 m
Sep 23, 202426 m8.8°C23 m
Sep 23, 202426 m8.8°C19 m
Oct 6, 202426 m8.1°C20 m
Oct 6, 202440 m8.2°C36 m
Oct 7, 202426 m8.2°C21 m
Oct 8, 202426 m8.1°C24 m
Oct 22, 202426 m7.5°C20 m
Oct 27, 202426 m6.8°C21 m
Nov 4, 202426 m7.1°C15 m
Nov 6, 202420 m7.0°C16 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 16, 2024 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 17, 2024 — seafloor 10 m (measured), deepest dive 8 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Sep 18, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Sep 18Sep 19, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Sep 23, 2024 — seafloor 19 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Sep 23, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Sep 23Sep 23, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2024 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Oct 6Oct 7, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Oct 8, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Oct 22, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Oct 22Oct 27, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Nov 4, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Nov 6, 2024 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Nov 6

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

Dives

36 m
Deepest dive
1:47
Longest dive
198
Dives
11 m
Avg dive depth
16
Sightings
82
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255036 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (40 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 · Oct 6, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
40 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 16 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
10 m – 40 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.8°C – 11.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 14.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 16 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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