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Iceland

Mold – Residency

35th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Mold
Mold Confirmed in the catalog @82743
Jul 10 – Sep 12, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Sep 2024

34 m
Deepest dive
1:13
Longest dive
4
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
64

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 10, 202475 m8.9°C34 m
Jul 14, 2024-0 m9.2°C—
Jul 18, 2024-0 m9.5°C—
Jul 20, 2024-0 m9.1°C—
Jul 21, 2024-0 m9.6°C—
Jul 24, 2024-0 m10.0°C—
Jul 27, 2024-0 m10.4°C—
Jul 28, 2024-0 m9.7°C—
Jul 31, 2024-0 m9.5°C—
Sep 11, 2024-0 m6.8°C—
Sep 12, 2024-0 m6.8°C—

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 10, 2024 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 10Jul 14, 2024 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 14Jul 18, 2024 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 18Jul 20, 2024 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 20Jul 21, 2024 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 21Jul 24, 2024 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 24Jul 27, 2024 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 27Jul 28, 2024 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 28Jul 31, 2024 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 31Sep 11, 2024 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 11Sep 12, 2024 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 12

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

Dives

34 m
Deepest dive
1:13
Longest dive
4
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
64
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255034 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (75 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 10, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
75 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-0 m – 75 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.8°C – 10.4°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 2.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 11 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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