Xula – Residency
18th sighting in Monterey BayXula @1887
May 29 – Jul 6, 2015 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · May – Jul 2015
194 m
Deepest dive
5:53
Longest dive
205
Dives
- Sightings
- 17
- Days between first and last sighting
- 38
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2015 | 146 m | 12.7°C | 78 m |
| May 30, 2015 | 107 m | 13.8°C | 53 m |
| Jun 1, 2015 | 90 m | 13.2°C | 44 m |
| Jun 8, 2015 | 93 m | 13.9°C | 61 m |
| Jun 16, 2015 | 131 m | 14.4°C | 102 m |
| Jun 19, 2015 | 89 m | 14.1°C | 70 m |
| Jun 20, 2015 | 143 m | 13.8°C | 62 m |
| Jun 21, 2015 | 123 m | 14.0°C | 58 m |
| Jun 22, 2015 | 153 m | 13.8°C | 73 m |
| Jun 23, 2015 | 172 m | 13.6°C | 88 m |
| Jun 24, 2015 | 25 m | 13.4°C | 20 m |
| Jun 26, 2015 | 131 m | 13.7°C | 29 m |
| Jun 27, 2015 | 117 m | 13.9°C | 71 m |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 71 m | 14.6°C | 37 m |
| Jul 3, 2015 | 254 m | 14.5°C | 90 m |
| Jul 5, 2015 | 254 m | 16.2°C | 194 m |
| Jul 6, 2015 | 204 m | 15.9°C | 132 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
194 m
Deepest dive
5:53
Longest dive
205
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
17
Sightings
38
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 (254 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 5, 2015
measured- Seafloor depth
- 254 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 17 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 25 m – 254 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.7°C – 16.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 4.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 17 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.