Cool Hand Fluke – Residency
32nd sighting in Monterey Bay
Cool Hand Fluke @113813
Sep 8 – Oct 7, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Autumn Shelf, September Feed
Early autumn krill running thick — my tail was busy all month.
117 m
Deepest dive
3:53
Longest dive
78
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 29
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | 190 m | — | 117 m |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 159 m | 15.8°C | 64 m |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 164 m | 17.7°C | 63 m |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 201 m | — | 90 m |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 141 m | — | 78 m |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 252 m | — | 104 m |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 287 m | — | 30 m |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 154 m | — | 57 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
117 m
Deepest dive
3:53
Longest dive
78
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
29
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 (190 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 8, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 190 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 141 m – 287 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.8°C – 17.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.