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Monterey Bay

Fluke Skywalker – Residency

83rd sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fluke Skywalker
Fluke Skywalker Confirmed in the catalog @59249
Aug 19 – Nov 21, 2023 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Nov 2023

83 m
Deepest dive
2:51
Longest dive
102
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
94

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 19, 202347 m16.7°C40 m
Aug 28, 2023142 m17.7°C83 m
Aug 29, 2023567 m17.8°C26 m
Sep 13, 202381 m15.6°C63 m
Sep 20, 202380 m16.7°C66 m
Oct 10, 202361 m15.6°C29 m
Nov 21, 202388 m15.1°C75 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 19, 2023 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 28, 2023 — seafloor 142 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Aug 28Aug 29, 2023 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 29Sep 13, 2023 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Sep 13Sep 20, 2023 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Sep 20Oct 10, 2023 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Oct 10Nov 21, 2023 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Nov 21

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

Dives

83 m
Deepest dive
2:51
Longest dive
102
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
94
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010083 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (142 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 28, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
142 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.7°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.1°C – 17.8°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 17.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 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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