Nexus – Residency
49th sighting in Monterey Bay
Nexus @2554
Apr 11 – Jul 24, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Moss Landing Sanctuary
The kelp forests called me back again, their familiar embrace worth lingering for.
276 m
Deepest dive
13:34
Longest dive
133
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 104
- Deepest dive on record
- 276 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2023 | 76 m | 12.2°C | 66 m |
| May 8, 2023 | 567 m | 12.4°C | 66 m |
| May 8, 2023 | 373 m | 12.5°C | 276 m |
| Jul 9, 2023 | 2,182 m | 13.9°C | 55 m |
| Jul 13, 2023 | 81 m | 14.7°C | 64 m |
| Jul 13, 2023 | 81 m | 14.6°C | 71 m |
| Jul 24, 2023 | 95 m | 14.6°C | 64 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
276 m
Deepest dive
13:34
Longest dive
133
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
104
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 (373 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 8, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 373 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 76 m – 2,182 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.2°C – 14.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.