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Monterey Bay

Nerd Girl – Residency

102nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Nerd Girl
Nerd Girl Confirmed in the catalog @82314
Jun 30 – Oct 6, 2026 · Monterey Bay

Whole Summer, One Bay

Krill thick, water green, mouth open — home again.

226 m
Deepest dive
9:36
Longest dive
232
Dives
Sightings
20
Days between first and last sighting
98
Deepest dive on record
226 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 30, 2026121 m15.8°C74 m
Aug 4, 202676 m17.3°C45 m
Aug 5, 202666 m17.1°C60 m
Aug 11, 2026117 m16.7°C94 m
Aug 23, 202666 m16.3°C43 m
Aug 29, 202668 m15.8°C44 m
Aug 29, 2026224 m15.6°C136 m
Sep 1, 2026142 m15.2°C89 m
Sep 2, 2026130 m15.3°C53 m
Sep 3, 202676 m15.3°C63 m
Sep 13, 2026188 m15.7°C93 m
Sep 17, 2026194 m15.6°C177 m
Sep 19, 2026244 m16.3°C97 m
Sep 20, 2026156 m16.5°C101 m
Sep 21, 2026188 m16.5°C18 m
Sep 24, 2026114 m16.9°C85 m
Sep 28, 202672 m16.7°C57 m
Sep 29, 2026162 m16.7°C35 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 121 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jun 30Aug 4, 2026 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 5, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2026 — seafloor 117 m (measured), deepest dive 94 m (modelled)Aug 23, 2026 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Aug 23Aug 29, 2026 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Aug 29, 2026 — seafloor 224 m (measured), deepest dive 136 m (modelled)Sep 1, 2026 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Sep 2, 2026 — seafloor 130 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 3, 2026 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Sep 13, 2026 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Sep 17, 2026 — seafloor 194 m (measured), deepest dive 177 m (modelled)Sep 19, 2026 — seafloor 244 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Sep 19Sep 20, 2026 — seafloor 156 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2026 — seafloor 188 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Sep 24, 2026 — seafloor 114 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2026 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Sep 28Sep 29, 2026 — seafloor 162 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Oct 3, 2026 — seafloor 155 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2026 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 226 m (modelled)

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

Dives

226 m
Deepest dive
9:36
Longest dive
232
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
20
Sightings
98
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250226 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Place

Where this happened · Oct 6, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.9°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 20 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
66 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C – 18.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 20 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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