Lexus – Residency
96th sighting in Monterey Bay
Lexus @509
May 3 – Sep 5, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Summer in the Bay
Four months of perfect feeding, same reliable waters calling me home again.
118 m
Deepest dive
3:59
Longest dive
63
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 125
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2023 | 85 m | 12.0°C | 34 m |
| Jun 17, 2023 | 28 m | 15.4°C | 22 m |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 42 m | 17.2°C | 31 m |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 567 m | 16.9°C | 35 m |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 181 m | 17.1°C | 118 m |
| Sep 5, 2023 | 58 m | 16.8°C | 41 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
118 m
Deepest dive
3:59
Longest dive
63
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
125
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 (181 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 3, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 181 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 28 m – 567 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.0°C – 17.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.