Chompers – Residency
23rd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Chompers @1
Jun 8 – Aug 26, 2023 · Santa Barbara Channel
Santa Barbara Summer Residence
Been making the Channel my dining room again this season.
103 m
Deepest dive
3:01
Longest dive
31
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 79
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2023 | 48 m | 17.3°C | 43 m |
| Jul 26, 2023 | 65 m | 21.7°C | 29 m |
| Aug 17, 2023 | 51 m | 19.5°C | 13 m |
| Aug 26, 2023 | 586 m | 19.5°C | 103 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
103 m
Deepest dive
3:01
Longest dive
31
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
79
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 (586 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 26, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 19.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 15.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 48 m – 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.3°C – 21.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 15.0 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.