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Monterey Bay

Lexus – Residency

47th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Lexus
Lexus Confirmed in the catalog @509
Apr 26 – Aug 13, 2018 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – Aug 2018

179 m
Deepest dive
8:12
Longest dive
97
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
109
Deepest dive on record
179 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 26, 2018158 m13.5°C96 m
Jul 22, 2018223 m16.9°C179 m
Jul 30, 2018104 m14.6°C90 m
Jul 31, 201859 m14.7°C52 m
Aug 3, 201894 m12.9°C43 m
Aug 10, 201812 m—11 m
Aug 11, 201817 m—13 m
Aug 12, 20183 m—3 m
Aug 13, 201816 m—13 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 26, 2018 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Apr 26Jul 22, 2018 — seafloor 223 m (measured), deepest dive 179 m (modelled)Jul 22Jul 30, 2018 — seafloor 104 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Jul 30Jul 31, 2018 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 3, 2018 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 10, 2018 — seafloor 12 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Aug 10Aug 11, 2018 — seafloor 17 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 12, 2018 — seafloor 3 m (measured), deepest dive 3 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 13, 2018 — seafloor 16 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Aug 13

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

Dives

179 m
Deepest dive
8:12
Longest dive
97
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
109
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200179 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (223 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 · Jul 22, 2018

measured
Seafloor depth
223 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.9°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
3 m – 223 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.9°C – 16.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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