Chompers – Residency
21st sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Chompers @1
Oct 5 – 18, 2022 · Santa Barbara Channel
October Hangout
Same channel, same good krill, same satisfied belly for weeks.
86 m
Deepest dive
3:48
Longest dive
33
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 14
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2022 | 58 m | 20.7°C | 42 m |
| Oct 14, 2022 | 313 m | 18.7°C | 86 m |
| Oct 16, 2022 | 265 m | 18.5°C | 39 m |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 309 m | 18.7°C | 68 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
86 m
Deepest dive
3:48
Longest dive
33
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
14
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (313 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 14, 2022
measured- Seafloor depth
- 313 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 58 m – 313 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.5°C – 20.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.