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Iceland

Nukhu – Residency

38th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Nukhu
Nukhu Confirmed in the catalog @98240
Nov 8 – 20, 2023 · Iceland

Iceland · Nov 2023

24 m
Deepest dive
1:37
Longest dive
201
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
12

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 8, 202326 m7.2°C22 m
Nov 8, 202320 m7.1°C18 m
Nov 9, 202326 m7.2°C22 m
Nov 10, 202321 m7.1°C14 m
Nov 11, 202326 m7.4°C20 m
Nov 11, 202326 m7.4°C24 m
Nov 12, 202326 m8.1°C22 m
Nov 14, 202326 m7.6°C23 m
Nov 15, 202326 m7.5°C18 m
Nov 16, 202326 m7.6°C22 m
Nov 17, 202326 m7.7°C21 m
Nov 18, 202326 m7.6°C18 m
Nov 19, 202326 m7.5°C24 m
Nov 20, 202326 m7.3°C22 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Nov 8, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Nov 8Nov 8, 2023 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Nov 9, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Nov 10, 2023 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Nov 10Nov 11, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Nov 11, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Nov 12, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Nov 12Nov 14, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Nov 15, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Nov 16, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Nov 16Nov 17, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Nov 18, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Nov 19, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Nov 19Nov 20, 2023 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)

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

Dives

24 m
Deepest dive
1:37
Longest dive
201
Dives
12 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
12
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255024 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (26 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 · Nov 19, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.5°C
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
20 m – 26 m
Sea-surface temperature
7.1°C – 8.1°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 14 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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