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Monterey Bay

Nerd Girl – Residency

30th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Nerd Girl
Nerd Girl Confirmed in the catalog @82314
Jun 18 – Nov 6, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Jun – Nov 2022

120 m
Deepest dive
4:39
Longest dive
363
Dives
Sightings
31
Days between first and last sighting
141

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 18, 202273 m11.5°C57 m
Jun 18, 202281 m11.5°C66 m
Aug 27, 2022100 m14.4°C44 m
Aug 28, 202277 m14.4°C30 m
Aug 31, 202282 m16.2°C37 m
Sep 3, 2022567 m16.5°C83 m
Sep 6, 2022109 m16.9°C40 m
Sep 7, 2022236 m16.8°C102 m
Sep 9, 202277 m16.5°C67 m
Sep 10, 202276 m16.1°C55 m
Sep 11, 202278 m16.0°C28 m
Sep 13, 2022567 m15.3°C71 m
Sep 16, 202257 m15.9°C44 m
Sep 17, 2022567 m15.2°C103 m
Sep 19, 2022123 m15.4°C86 m
Sep 20, 202260 m15.8°C42 m
Sep 22, 2022284 m16.0°C101 m
Sep 23, 2022567 m16.2°C70 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 18, 2022 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jun 18Jun 18, 2022 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2022 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 28, 2022 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2022 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2022 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 7, 2022 — seafloor 236 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2022 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2022 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 11, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 16, 2022 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 16Sep 17, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Sep 19, 2022 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2022 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Sep 22, 2022 — seafloor 284 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Sep 23, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2022 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Sep 25Oct 3, 2022 — seafloor 198 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Oct 3, 2022 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 4, 2022 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2022 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2022 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2022 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Oct 9Oct 10, 2022 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2022 — seafloor 226 m (measured), deepest dive 120 m (modelled)Oct 10, 2022 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Oct 13, 2022 — seafloor 109 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Oct 13, 2022 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Nov 6, 2022 — seafloor 798 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Nov 6

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

Dives

120 m
Deepest dive
4:39
Longest dive
363
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
31
Sightings
141
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150120 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (226 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 · Oct 10, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
226 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 31 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 798 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.5°C – 18.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 19.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 31 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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