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Monterey Bay

Nerd Girl – Residency

62nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Nerd Girl
Nerd Girl Confirmed in the catalog @82314
May 16 – Oct 9, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May – Oct 2023

185 m
Deepest dive
6:10
Longest dive
413
Dives
Sightings
33
Days between first and last sighting
146

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 16, 202366 m14.5°C51 m
Jun 16, 202377 m15.2°C69 m
Jun 17, 202366 m15.5°C52 m
Jun 18, 202362 m15.8°C46 m
Jul 26, 202351 m15.0°C24 m
Jul 28, 2023-1 m——
Jul 30, 202392 m13.7°C51 m
Jul 30, 2023567 m14.2°C113 m
Jul 31, 202395 m13.5°C34 m
Aug 2, 2023902 m13.8°C78 m
Aug 10, 2023114 m14.7°C86 m
Aug 12, 2023555 m14.9°C70 m
Aug 17, 202370 m17.2°C44 m
Aug 17, 202382 m17.3°C67 m
Aug 19, 2023200 m17.5°C169 m
Aug 20, 202376 m17.5°C25 m
Aug 25, 2023151 m18.1°C64 m
Aug 26, 2023276 m17.9°C33 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 16, 2023 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)May 16Jun 16, 2023 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Jun 17, 2023 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jun 18, 2023 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jul 26, 2023 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Jul 28, 2023 — seafloor -1 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 30Jul 30, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Jul 31, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 2, 2023 — seafloor 902 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Aug 10, 2023 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2023 — seafloor 555 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2023 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 17Aug 17, 2023 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2023 — seafloor 200 m (measured), deepest dive 169 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2023 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Aug 25, 2023 — seafloor 151 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 26, 2023 — seafloor 276 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 27, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Aug 27Aug 29, 2023 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2023 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2023 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2023 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 6, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2023 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 25, 2023 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2023 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Sep 25, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Sep 27, 2023 — seafloor 126 m (measured), deepest dive 98 m (modelled)Oct 2, 2023 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Oct 7, 2023 — seafloor 227 m (measured), deepest dive 185 m (modelled)Oct 7Oct 7, 2023 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Oct 9, 2023 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)

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

Dives

185 m
Deepest dive
6:10
Longest dive
413
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
33
Sightings
146
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200185 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (227 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Oct 7, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
227 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.4°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 33 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-1 m – 902 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.5°C – 18.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 33 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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