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Iceland

Octopus – Residency

14th sighting in Iceland
Fluke of Octopus
Octopus Confirmed in the catalog @98275
Jun 15 – Aug 6, 2025 · Iceland

Iceland · Jun – Aug 2025

84 m
Deepest dive
3:22
Longest dive
49
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
52

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 15, 202591 m—77 m
Jul 18, 202587 m—42 m
Jul 24, 2025125 m—27 m
Aug 4, 202588 m—43 m
Aug 6, 2025120 m—84 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 15, 2025 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jun 15Jul 18, 2025 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 18Jul 24, 2025 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jul 24Aug 4, 2025 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 6, 2025 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Aug 6

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

Dives

84 m
Deepest dive
3:22
Longest dive
49
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
52
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010084 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (120 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 · Aug 6, 2025

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

Across the residency · 5 sightings

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