PopPops – Residency
6th sighting in Antarctic Peninsula
PopPops @152532
Jan 17 – Mar 23, 2026 · Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula · Jan – Mar 2026
291 m
Deepest dive
7:45
Longest dive
30
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 64
- Deepest dive on record
- 291 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 2026 | 337 m | 3.2°C | 291 m |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 1 m | 2.1°C | 1 m |
| Feb 18, 2026 | 243 m | 1.9°C | 60 m |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 378 m | 2.1°C | 58 m |
| Mar 7, 2026 | -73 m | 2.4°C | — |
| Mar 23, 2026 | 443 m | 2.3°C | 156 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
291 m
Deepest dive
7:45
Longest dive
30
Dives
36 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
64
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (337 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 17, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 337 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 3.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- -73 m – 443 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 1.9°C – 3.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.