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Iceland

Nukhu – Residency

23rd sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Nukhu
Nukhu Confirmed in the catalog @98240
Aug 14, 2022 – Jan 21, 2023 · Iceland

Iceland · Aug 2022 – Jan 2023

47 m
Deepest dive
1:33
Longest dive
226
Dives
Sightings
23
Days between first and last sighting
160
Deepest dive on record
47 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 14, 2022-0 m9.8°C—
Aug 29, 2022-0 m9.7°C—
Oct 17, 202253 m8.1°C47 m
Dec 7, 202226 m6.3°C13 m
Dec 8, 202226 m6.2°C11 m
Dec 14, 202226 m5.6°C21 m
Dec 26, 202226 m4.9°C23 m
Dec 30, 202226 m5.0°C15 m
Jan 2, 202326 m5.9°C14 m
Jan 3, 202326 m5.6°C22 m
Jan 4, 202326 m5.2°C14 m
Jan 5, 202326 m5.0°C24 m
Jan 7, 202326 m5.4°C16 m
Jan 10, 202326 m4.2°C21 m
Jan 12, 202326 m4.8°C23 m
Jan 12, 202330 m4.7°C27 m
Jan 13, 202326 m4.8°C24 m
Jan 14, 202326 m4.3°C24 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 14, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 14Aug 29, 2022 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 17, 2022 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Dec 7, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Dec 8, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Dec 8Dec 14, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Dec 26, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Dec 30, 2022 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jan 2, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Jan 2Jan 3, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Jan 4, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Jan 5, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jan 7, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Jan 7Jan 10, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jan 12, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jan 12, 2023 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jan 13, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jan 13Jan 14, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jan 15, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jan 17, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Jan 18, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jan 18Jan 19, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Jan 21, 2023 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)

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

Dives

47 m
Deepest dive
1:33
Longest dive
226
Dives
12 m
Avg dive depth
23
Sightings
160
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255047 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (53 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 · Oct 17, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
53 m
Sea-surface temperature
8.1°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 23 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-0 m – 53 m
Sea-surface temperature
3.8°C – 9.8°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 23 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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