Lotus – Residency
14th sighting in Monterey Bay
Lotus @5291
May 22 – 23, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Canyon's Calling Me Home
Krill's stacking up already, the bay smells exactly right this spring.
64 m
Deepest dive
2:45
Longest dive
25
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 1
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2026 | 115 m | 12.0°C | 64 m |
| May 23, 2026 | 72 m | 12.4°C | 63 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
64 m
Deepest dive
2:45
Longest dive
25
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
1
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 (115 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 22, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 115 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 72 m – 115 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 12.0°C – 12.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.