Bud ❤️ – Residency
4th sighting in Antarctic Peninsula
Bud ❤️ @53717
Jan 31 – Mar 30, 2026 · Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctic Peninsula · Jan – Mar 2026
344 m
Deepest dive
12:15
Longest dive
70
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 58
- Deepest dive on record
- 344 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 31, 2026 | 402 m | 2.1°C | 109 m |
| Feb 14, 2026 | 398 m | 2.1°C | 64 m |
| Feb 23, 2026 | 375 m | 1.8°C | 344 m |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 441 m | 1.5°C | 60 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
344 m
Deepest dive
12:15
Longest dive
70
Dives
29 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 (375 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Feb 23, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 375 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 1.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 375 m – 441 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 1.5°C – 2.1°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.