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Iceland

Octopus – Residency

9th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Octopus
Octopus Confirmed in the catalog @98275
Jul 16 – Sep 3, 2024 · Iceland

Iceland · Jul – Sep 2024

97 m
Deepest dive
3:56
Longest dive
54
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
49

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 16, 202488 m—79 m
Aug 10, 2024125 m—67 m
Aug 18, 2024118 m—83 m
Aug 29, 202488 m—74 m
Sep 3, 2024123 m—97 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 16, 2024 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 16Aug 10, 2024 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 18, 2024 — seafloor 118 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 29, 2024 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 3, 2024 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Sep 3

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

Dives

97 m
Deepest dive
3:56
Longest dive
54
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
49
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010097 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (123 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 3, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
123 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
88 m – 125 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 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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