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Iceland

Snowflake – Residency

18th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Snowflake
Snowflake Confirmed in the catalog @82711
Jun 15 – Sep 20, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Jun – Sep 2024

83 m
Deepest dive
2:59
Longest dive
89
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
97

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 15, 2024125 m—57 m
Jul 2, 20247 m—6 m
Jul 13, 202488 m—33 m
Jul 16, 202488 m—55 m
Jul 26, 202422 m—19 m
Aug 19, 2024125 m—39 m
Sep 2, 2024117 m—83 m
Sep 20, 2024129 m—51 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 15, 2024 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 15Jul 2, 2024 — seafloor 7 m (measured), deepest dive 6 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 13, 2024 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 16, 2024 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 26, 2024 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 19, 2024 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 19Sep 2, 2024 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 20, 2024 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 20

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

Dives

83 m
Deepest dive
2:59
Longest dive
89
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
97
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010083 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (117 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 · Sep 2, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
117 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
7 m – 129 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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