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Monterey Bay

Lexus – Residency

15th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Lexus
Lexus Confirmed in the catalog @509
Jun 30 – Sep 1, 2015 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Sep 2015

143 m
Deepest dive
5:00
Longest dive
114
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
63

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 30, 201536 m14.6°C26 m
Jul 2, 2015279 m14.2°C35 m
Jul 29, 2015144 m16.3°C27 m
Jul 30, 2015134 m16.2°C57 m
Jul 31, 201574 m16.4°C57 m
Aug 3, 2015103 m17.7°C79 m
Aug 7, 2015155 m17.3°C97 m
Aug 8, 2015218 m17.0°C133 m
Aug 29, 2015567 m16.8°C143 m
Sep 1, 2015115 m17.2°C63 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 30, 2015 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jun 30Jul 2, 2015 — seafloor 279 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 29, 2015 — seafloor 144 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Jul 29Jul 30, 2015 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 30Jul 31, 2015 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 31Aug 3, 2015 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 3Aug 7, 2015 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 8, 2015 — seafloor 218 m (measured), deepest dive 133 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 29, 2015 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 143 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 1, 2015 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Sep 1

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

Dives

143 m
Deepest dive
5:00
Longest dive
114
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
63
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150143 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Aug 29, 2015

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.8°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
36 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.2°C – 17.7°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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