Lotus – Residency
8th sighting in Monterey Bay
Lotus @5291
Oct 21 – 25, 2023 · Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay · Oct 2023
70 m
Deepest dive
3:04
Longest dive
21
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 4
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2023 | 246 m | — | 54 m |
| Oct 25, 2023 | 252 m | — | 70 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
70 m
Deepest dive
3:04
Longest dive
21
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
4
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 (252 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 25, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 252 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 246 m – 252 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.