Potamus – Residency
7th sighting in Au'au Channel
Potamus @7171
Feb 2 – Mar 1, 2025 · Au'au Channel
Au'au Channel · Feb – Mar 2025
66 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
90
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 27
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2025 | 61 m | 25.1°C | 21 m |
| Feb 5, 2025 | 72 m | 25.0°C | 66 m |
| Feb 14, 2025 | 51 m | 25.4°C | 40 m |
| Feb 17, 2025 | 56 m | 25.8°C | 36 m |
| Mar 1, 2025 | 32 m | 25.3°C | 22 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
66 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
90
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
27
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 (72 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Feb 5, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 72 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 25.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 32 m – 72 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 25.0°C – 25.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.