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Monterey Bay

Fluke Skywalker – Residency

71st sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fluke Skywalker
Fluke Skywalker Confirmed in the catalog @59249
May 10 – 28, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · May 2022

101 m
Deepest dive
5:02
Longest dive
76
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
18

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 10, 202286 m10.8°C41 m
May 12, 2022102 m10.7°C44 m
May 16, 202268 m11.4°C41 m
May 17, 202264 m11.0°C45 m
May 24, 202271 m11.2°C63 m
May 28, 2022112 m12.2°C101 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 10, 2022 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)May 10May 12, 2022 — seafloor 102 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)May 12May 16, 2022 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)May 16May 17, 2022 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)May 17May 24, 2022 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)May 24May 28, 2022 — seafloor 112 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)May 28

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

Dives

101 m
Deepest dive
5:02
Longest dive
76
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
18
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150101 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (112 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 · May 28, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
112 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
64 m – 112 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.7°C – 12.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 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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