Potamus – Residency
16th sighting in Salish Sea
Potamus @7171
May 25 – Oct 6, 2024 · Salish Sea
Salish Sea · May – Oct 2024
92 m
Deepest dive
3:20
Longest dive
54
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 134
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2024 | 67 m | 11.2°C | 57 m |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 214 m | 19.7°C | 48 m |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 58 m | 19.5°C | 24 m |
| Oct 6, 2024 | 309 m | 12.0°C | 92 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
92 m
Deepest dive
3:20
Longest dive
54
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
134
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 (309 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 6, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 309 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 58 m – 309 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.2°C – 19.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.