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Iceland

Bjarne – Residency

17th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Bjarne
Bjarne Confirmed in the catalog @58826
Oct 14 – Nov 15, 2023 · Iceland

Iceland · Oct – Nov 2023

77 m
Deepest dive
3:04
Longest dive
66
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
32

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 14, 2023117 m6.8°C53 m
Oct 14, 202374 m7.1°C54 m
Oct 27, 202380 m6.0°C43 m
Oct 28, 202380 m6.0°C65 m
Oct 29, 202380 m5.9°C73 m
Nov 15, 2023109 m5.6°C77 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 14, 2023 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Oct 14Oct 14, 2023 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Oct 14Oct 27, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Oct 27Oct 28, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Oct 28Oct 29, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Oct 29Nov 15, 2023 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Nov 15

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

Dives

77 m
Deepest dive
3:04
Longest dive
66
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
32
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010077 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (109 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 · Nov 15, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
109 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.6°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
74 m – 117 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.6°C – 7.1°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 4.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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