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Monterey Bay

Nexus – Residency

49th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Nexus
Nexus Confirmed in the catalog @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

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 11, 202376 m12.2°C66 m
May 8, 2023567 m12.4°C66 m
May 8, 2023373 m12.5°C276 m
Jul 9, 20232,182 m13.9°C55 m
Jul 13, 202381 m14.7°C64 m
Jul 13, 202381 m14.6°C71 m
Jul 24, 202395 m14.6°C64 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 11, 2023 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Apr 11May 8, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)May 8May 8, 2023 — seafloor 373 m (measured), deepest dive 276 m (modelled)May 8Jul 9, 2023 — seafloor 2,182 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jul 9Jul 13, 2023 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 13, 2023 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 24, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jul 24

Depth 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

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300276 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (373 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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