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Iceland

Balou – Residency

30th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Balou
Balou Confirmed in the catalog @82777
Aug 26 – Oct 26, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Aug – Oct 2024

95 m
Deepest dive
3:23
Longest dive
106
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
61

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 26, 2024109 m8.8°C59 m
Sep 8, 2024149 m8.4°C28 m
Sep 19, 2024109 m5.9°C95 m
Sep 20, 2024109 m5.4°C92 m
Sep 23, 2024109 m4.4°C31 m
Sep 23, 2024109 m4.4°C35 m
Sep 26, 2024109 m4.1°C53 m
Oct 12, 2024109 m3.9°C59 m
Oct 19, 2024109 m4.2°C75 m
Oct 26, 2024109 m3.9°C81 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 26, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Aug 26Sep 8, 2024 — seafloor 149 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Sep 8Sep 19, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Sep 19Sep 20, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Sep 20Sep 23, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Sep 23Sep 23, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Sep 23Sep 26, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Sep 26Oct 12, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Oct 12Oct 19, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Oct 19Oct 26, 2024 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Oct 26

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

Dives

95 m
Deepest dive
3:23
Longest dive
106
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
61
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010095 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 · Sep 19, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
109 m
Sea-surface temperature
5.9°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
109 m – 149 m
Sea-surface temperature
3.9°C – 8.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 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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