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Iceland

Paul Watson – Residency

11th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Paul Watson
Paul Watson Confirmed in the catalog @98216
Jul 2 – Aug 23, 2022 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Aug 2022

72 m
Deepest dive
2:47
Longest dive
5
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
52

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 2, 2022208 m6.2°C72 m
Jul 30, 2022-0 m9.8°C—
Jul 30, 2022-0 m9.8°C—
Jul 31, 2022-0 m9.8°C—
Aug 4, 2022-0 m8.7°C—
Aug 5, 2022-0 m8.6°C—
Aug 6, 2022-0 m8.7°C—
Aug 17, 2022-0 m9.5°C—
Aug 22, 2022-0 m9.0°C—
Aug 23, 2022-0 m9.4°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 2, 2022 — seafloor 208 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 30, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 30Jul 30, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 30Jul 31, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 31Aug 4, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 4Aug 5, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 5Aug 6, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 6Aug 17, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 17Aug 22, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 22Aug 23, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 23

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

Dives

72 m
Deepest dive
2:47
Longest dive
5
Dives
35 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
52
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010072 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (208 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 2, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
208 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-0 m – 208 m
Sea-surface temperature
6.2°C – 9.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 5.0 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.

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