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Monterey Bay

Lucky – Residency

13th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Lucky
Lucky Confirmed in the catalog @15
Aug 8 – Sep 16, 2024 · Monterey Bay

August in the Bay

The krill are thick here and I'm not ready to leave.

161 m
Deepest dive
7:20
Longest dive
71
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
39

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 8, 202480 m14.6°C30 m
Aug 9, 2024567 m14.4°C161 m
Aug 12, 2024107 m13.4°C49 m
Aug 24, 2024410 m13.9°C144 m
Sep 16, 2024105 m15.0°C59 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 8, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 9, 2024 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 161 m (modelled)Aug 9Aug 12, 2024 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 24, 2024 — seafloor 410 m (measured), deepest dive 144 m (modelled)Aug 24Sep 16, 2024 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Sep 16

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

Dives

161 m
Deepest dive
7:20
Longest dive
71
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
39
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200161 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 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 · Aug 9, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.4°C – 15.0°C
Distance from shore
5.0 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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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