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Monterey Bay

Fluke Skywalker – Residency

76th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fluke Skywalker
Fluke Skywalker Confirmed in the catalog @59249
Sep 27 – Nov 5, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Sep – Nov 2022

118 m
Deepest dive
4:01
Longest dive
64
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)
Sep 27, 2022236 m16.3°C118 m
Sep 30, 202272 m16.3°C63 m
Oct 24, 2022567 m13.6°C26 m
Nov 5, 202269 m13.1°C54 m
Nov 5, 202254 m13.1°C37 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 27, 2022 — seafloor 236 m (measured), deepest dive 118 m (modelled)Sep 27Sep 30, 2022 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Sep 30Oct 24, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Oct 24Nov 5, 2022 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Nov 5Nov 5, 2022 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Nov 5

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

Dives

118 m
Deepest dive
4:01
Longest dive
64
Dives
25 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
075150118 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (236 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 · Sep 27, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
236 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.3°C
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.1°C – 16.3°C
Distance from shore
6.0 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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