Nexus – Residency
61st sighting in Monterey Bay
Nexus @2554
May 6 – Jul 14, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Monterey, Every Early Summer
Years stacking up here, and this bay still saves me a seat.
99 m
Deepest dive
3:12
Longest dive
69
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 69
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 231 m | 14.0°C | 32 m |
| Jul 5, 2026 | 254 m | 16.4°C | 75 m |
| Jul 6, 2026 | 129 m | 16.3°C | 99 m |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 99 m | 16.3°C | 88 m |
| Jul 14, 2026 | 67 m | 17.0°C | 43 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
99 m
Deepest dive
3:12
Longest dive
69
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
69
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 (129 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 6, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 129 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 13.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 67 m – 254 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.0°C – 17.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.