Xula – Residency
35th sighting in Monterey Bay
Xula @1887
Jun 29 – Aug 24, 2025 · Monterey Bay
Summer Feeding Grounds
The familiar kelp forests welcomed me back for another season of plenty.
108 m
Deepest dive
2:54
Longest dive
35
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 56
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2025 | 466 m | 13.1°C | 108 m |
| Aug 24, 2025 | 69 m | 13.6°C | 44 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
108 m
Deepest dive
2:54
Longest dive
35
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
56
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 (466 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 29, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 466 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 69 m – 466 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.1°C – 13.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.