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Monterey Bay

Lexus – Residency

38th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Lexus
Lexus Confirmed in the catalog @509
May 7 – Oct 13, 2017 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Oct 2017

85 m
Deepest dive
3:33
Longest dive
226
Dives
Sightings
20
Days between first and last sighting
159

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 7, 201765 m10.2°C53 m
May 11, 2017254 m11.3°C68 m
Jun 8, 2017206 m12.2°C45 m
Jul 21, 201772 m12.3°C47 m
Jul 22, 201756 m—44 m
Jul 23, 201774 m13.3°C29 m
Jul 24, 201756 m13.7°C51 m
Jul 25, 201776 m13.8°C46 m
Jul 29, 201785 m14.2°C47 m
Jul 30, 201722 m14.2°C20 m
Aug 3, 201758 m14.7°C53 m
Aug 6, 201754 m16.0°C41 m
Aug 7, 2017135 m16.0°C18 m
Aug 12, 2017195 m14.6°C68 m
Aug 16, 201765 m15.3°C47 m
Aug 19, 2017567 m15.5°C78 m
Aug 21, 201747 m16.5°C27 m
Aug 31, 201765 m15.4°C34 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 7, 2017 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)May 7May 11, 2017 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jun 8, 2017 — seafloor 206 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 21, 2017 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 22, 2017 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 23, 2017 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jul 24, 2017 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 25, 2017 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jul 29, 2017 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 30, 2017 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Aug 3, 2017 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2017 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2017 — seafloor 135 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 12, 2017 — seafloor 195 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2017 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2017 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Aug 21, 2017 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Aug 21Aug 31, 2017 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2017 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Oct 13, 2017 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

85 m
Deepest dive
3:33
Longest dive
226
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
20
Sightings
159
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010085 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (109 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Oct 13, 2017

measured
Seafloor depth
109 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 20 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
22 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.2°C – 17.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 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 20 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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