Nora the Explorer – Residency
5th sighting in Antarctic Peninsula
Nora the Explorer @18608
Dec 27, 2025 – Feb 23, 2026 · Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026
208 m
Deepest dive
6:47
Longest dive
58
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 58
- Deepest dive on record
- 208 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2025 | 70 m | — | 47 m |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 24 m | — | 12 m |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 8 m | 2.7°C | 7 m |
| Feb 23, 2026 | 402 m | 1.8°C | 208 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
208 m
Deepest dive
6:47
Longest dive
58
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
58
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 (402 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Feb 23, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 402 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 1.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 8 m – 402 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 1.8°C – 2.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 3.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.