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Monterey Bay

Fluke Skywalker – Residency

106th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of Fluke Skywalker
Fluke Skywalker Confirmed in the catalog @59249
Mar 22 – Sep 12, 2025 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Mar – Sep 2025

124 m
Deepest dive
5:15
Longest dive
186
Dives
Sightings
15
Days between first and last sighting
174

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 22, 202592 m11.5°C40 m
Mar 29, 202588 m11.8°C69 m
Apr 20, 202591 m12.5°C69 m
Apr 25, 202561 m12.8°C47 m
Jul 7, 202547 m14.0°C42 m
Jul 8, 202555 m13.6°C32 m
Jul 27, 202557 m16.4°C47 m
Jul 28, 2025158 m16.4°C76 m
Aug 11, 2025254 m15.2°C124 m
Aug 18, 202578 m15.5°C70 m
Aug 19, 202574 m14.7°C49 m
Aug 20, 202562 m14.3°C30 m
Aug 20, 2025567 m14.6°C73 m
Sep 10, 202571 m17.2°C64 m
Sep 12, 2025254 m17.0°C46 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 22, 2025 — seafloor 92 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Mar 22Mar 29, 2025 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Apr 20, 2025 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Apr 25, 2025 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Apr 25Jul 7, 2025 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jul 8, 2025 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jul 27, 2025 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jul 27Jul 28, 2025 — seafloor 158 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 124 m (modelled)Aug 18, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 18Aug 19, 2025 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Aug 20, 2025 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Aug 20Sep 10, 2025 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)

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

Dives

124 m
Deepest dive
5:15
Longest dive
186
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
15
Sightings
174
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150124 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (254 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 11, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
254 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 15 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
47 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.5°C – 17.2°C
Distance from shore
2.0 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 15 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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