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Iceland

Paul Watson – Residency

28th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Paul Watson
Paul Watson Confirmed in the catalog @98216
Jul 15 – Oct 9, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Oct 2024

44 m
Deepest dive
1:57
Longest dive
82
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
86

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 15, 202457 m11.0°C44 m
Jul 20, 202442 m10.6°C37 m
Oct 7, 202426 m8.2°C24 m
Oct 8, 202426 m8.1°C23 m
Oct 9, 202420 m8.0°C18 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 15, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 20, 2024 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jul 20Oct 7, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Oct 7Oct 8, 2024 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Oct 8Oct 9, 2024 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Oct 9

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

Dives

44 m
Deepest dive
1:57
Longest dive
82
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
86
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255044 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (57 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 15, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
57 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.0°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
20 m – 57 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.0°C – 11.0°C
Distance from shore
6.0 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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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