Elephant Seal Vital Statistics Diving: The average dive depth of an elephant seal is 1,000 to 3,000 feet (300 – 900 meters) with a maximum depth of over 5,000 feet (1,500 meters). Read on below to learn more interesting facts about the elephant seals at each...
An Elephant Seal’s Deep Dive When diving to hunt, the northern elephant seal first exhales, emptying its lungs of almost all air. This reduces buoyancy and protects the seal from the bends (decompression sickness). All of the oxygen used to provide the energy...
