Nick Allen 78 – Residency
18th sighting in Monterey BayNick Allen 78 @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
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 50 m | 16.1°C | 33 m |
| Aug 19, 2026 | 306 m | 17.5°C | 71 m |
| Aug 20, 2026 | 137 m | 16.9°C | 36 m |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 51 m | 16.4°C | 44 m |
| Aug 26, 2026 | 137 m | 16.8°C | 96 m |
| Aug 26, 2026 | 115 m | 16.8°C | 75 m |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 100 m | 16.8°C | 51 m |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 75 m | 16.7°C | 51 m |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 190 m | 15.6°C | 85 m |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 142 m | 15.2°C | 120 m |
| Sep 2, 2026 | 74 m | 15.3°C | 67 m |
| Sep 2, 2026 | 224 m | 15.3°C | 65 m |
| Sep 3, 2026 | 312 m | 15.3°C | 40 m |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 112 m | 15.9°C | 36 m |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 110 m | 16.0°C | 56 m |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 93 m | 15.6°C | 34 m |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 288 m | 15.9°C | 73 m |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 96 m | 15.8°C | 80 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
120 m
Deepest dive
5:05
Longest dive
224
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
18
Sightings
71
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 (142 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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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
Source records
This activity is assembled from 18 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.