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Iceland

David Blowie – Residency

39th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of David Blowie
David Blowie Confirmed in the catalog @66773
Apr 19 – Aug 20, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Apr – Aug 2024

49 m
Deepest dive
2:06
Longest dive
173
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
123

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 19, 202424 m4.8°C21 m
Jun 29, 202439 m10.2°C23 m
Jul 20, 202439 m10.6°C34 m
Jul 21, 202457 m11.7°C48 m
Jul 25, 202455 m11.1°C49 m
Jul 29, 202423 m11.5°C18 m
Jul 30, 202429 m11.4°C24 m
Jul 30, 202426 m11.4°C24 m
Aug 1, 202440 m11.2°C29 m
Aug 7, 202426 m11.3°C23 m
Aug 11, 202426 m11.5°C16 m
Aug 20, 202430 m10.8°C27 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 19, 2024 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Apr 19Jun 29, 2024 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jun 29Jul 20, 2024 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 21, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jul 21Jul 25, 2024 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 29, 2024 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 30, 2024 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 30Jul 30, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 30Aug 1, 2024 — seafloor 40 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 1Aug 7, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 11, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 20, 2024 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Aug 20

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

Dives

49 m
Deepest dive
2:06
Longest dive
173
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
123
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255049 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (55 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
55 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.1°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
23 m – 57 m
Sea-surface temperature
4.8°C – 11.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 12 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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