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Iceland

HW-MN0102787 – Residency

9th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of HW-MN0102787
HW-MN0102787 Confirmed in the catalog @82704
May 11 – 20, 2022 · Iceland

Iceland · May 2022

39 m
Deepest dive
1:50
Longest dive
142
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
9

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 11, 202226 m7.1°C23 m
May 13, 202226 m6.8°C23 m
May 13, 202224 m6.8°C22 m
May 14, 202226 m6.7°C22 m
May 15, 202226 m6.7°C20 m
May 16, 202226 m7.4°C21 m
May 17, 202247 m7.5°C39 m
May 20, 202226 m8.1°C24 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 11, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)May 11May 13, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)May 13May 13, 2022 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)May 13May 14, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)May 14May 15, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)May 15May 16, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)May 16May 17, 2022 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)May 17May 20, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)May 20

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

Dives

39 m
Deepest dive
1:50
Longest dive
142
Dives
13 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
9
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255039 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (47 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 · May 17, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.5°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
24 m – 47 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.7°C – 8.1°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 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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