SIGHTING RECORD #41919 |
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| Event Date | 25/09/2022 13:53 | |
| Duration | 10 mins | |
| Location | Carlingford Lough, Co. Louth | |
| Reported location | 54.063912491373145,-6.183354804840087 | |
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| Platform | RIB/Dive charter Vessel | |
| Species | common dolphin | |
| Number seen | ||
| Min | 1 | |
| Best | 1 | |
| Max | 1 | |
| Group comprised (qty) | ||
| Adult | 0 | |
| Juveniles | 0 | |
| Calves | 0 | |
| Notes | Kept its distance swimming around us breaching every 20 to 40 seconds Seen it or a another one a few weeks ago but came closer checking us out and tail slapping / splashing us in the boat. Ed...species ID confirm by images & video sent to IWDG on validation. Remarkably high jump captured on video. Middle of shipping channel. | |
| Known animals | - | |
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| Behaviour |
Travelling Breaching Tail-slapping |
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| Direction of Travelling | N/A | |
| Environment | ||
| Sea state | Large wavelets. Crests begin to break. Some whitecaps. | |
| Swell | < 1 m | |
| Wind force | 5: Fresh breeze | |
| Wind direction | NW | |
| Glare (°) | 20 | |
| Visibility | 6-10 km | |
| Cloud cover | 25 | |
| Water depth (m) | 12 | |
| Precipitation (rain/fog) | ||
| Effort Watch | No | |
| Optics | none | |