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Monterey Bay

Nick Allen 78 – Residency

18th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Nick Allen 78
Nick Allen 78 Confirmed in the catalog @139071
Jun 30 – Sep 9, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Same Shelf, Full Summer

Cold water rises, food follows, so I stay.

120 m
Deepest dive
5:05
Longest dive
224
Dives
Sightings
18
Days between first and last sighting
71
Deepest dive on record
120 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 30, 202650 m16.1°C33 m
Aug 19, 2026306 m17.5°C71 m
Aug 20, 2026137 m16.9°C36 m
Aug 23, 202651 m16.4°C44 m
Aug 26, 2026137 m16.8°C96 m
Aug 26, 2026115 m16.8°C75 m
Aug 27, 2026100 m16.8°C51 m
Aug 28, 202675 m16.7°C51 m
Aug 29, 2026190 m15.6°C85 m
Sep 1, 2026142 m15.2°C120 m
Sep 2, 202674 m15.3°C67 m
Sep 2, 2026224 m15.3°C65 m
Sep 3, 2026312 m15.3°C40 m
Sep 5, 2026112 m15.9°C36 m
Sep 5, 2026110 m16.0°C56 m
Sep 7, 202693 m15.6°C34 m
Sep 8, 2026288 m15.9°C73 m
Sep 9, 202696 m15.8°C80 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, 2026 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jun 30Aug 19, 2026 — seafloor 306 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2026 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 23, 2026 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 26, 2026 — seafloor 137 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2026 — seafloor 115 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2026 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 28, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2026 — seafloor 190 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2026 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 224 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 312 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 5, 2026 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 5, 2026 — seafloor 110 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2026 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 8, 2026 — seafloor 288 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2026 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)

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

Dives

120 m
Deepest dive
5:05
Longest dive
224
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
18
Sightings
71
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150120 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (142 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 1, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
142 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 18 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
50 m – 312 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C – 17.5°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 18 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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