Betty - October 19

Betty has covered quite a bit of distance since yesterday, moving farther south into the SW corner of the Gulf of Mexico. She remains in deep water. As of today, the duration of tracking for Betty equals the entire tracking period for "Clyde" (a previously tracked dolphin).

Betty - October 18

Betty remains in the vicinity of where she has been for the past six days, in the southwest corner of the Gulf of Mexico, off Vera Cruz, and still in failry deep water..

Betty - October 17

Betty has moved farther offshore. She is now about 157 km offshore of Tuxpan, Mexico, headed SE, and has now circled to within a few km of her position on 13 October.

Arturo Serrano Solis went looking for Betty a couple of days ago. He reports that her location was relatively close to a couple of oil rigs, that she and her calf have stayed along the continental slope, and that the weather has been nice (but we are expecting bad weather at the beginning of next week).

Betty - October 16

Betty has moved back into deeper water offshore this afternoon, but has turned to the south. She is not providing any solid hints about her next significant directional movements, but rather seems to be milling in one area. Her most recent dive data indicate some dives lasting as long as 8-9 min, to 50-100 m.

Betty - October 15

Here is today's position for Betty. She moved to the 100 m contour in the vicinity of Vera Cruz, Mexico, and then turned back offshore. One of our current interns, a PhD student from Vera Cruz, has notified her colleagues in Vera Cruz to be ready to respond if Betty should come ashore, but thankfully she now seems to be headed in a more appropriate direction.