Chompers – Residency
4th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Chompers @1
Jun 23 – Oct 21, 2010 · Santa Barbara Channel
Santa Barbara Channel · Jun – Oct 2010
123 m
Deepest dive
4:35
Longest dive
72
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 120
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2010 | 378 m | 16.5°C | 123 m |
| Jul 28, 2010 | 359 m | 14.8°C | 73 m |
| Oct 9, 2010 | 26 m | 17.5°C | 24 m |
| Oct 21, 2010 | 586 m | 17.2°C | 120 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
123 m
Deepest dive
4:35
Longest dive
72
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
120
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 (378 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 23, 2010
measured- Seafloor depth
- 378 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 26 m – 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.8°C – 17.5°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.