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Santa Barbara Channel

2022-2023 calf of CRC-10811 – Residency

6th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of 2022-2023 calf of CRC-10811
2022-2023 calf of CRC-10811 Confirmed in the catalog @103974
Feb 22 – Jun 18, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel

Spring in the Channel

Months of spring here, and I never once got tired of this blue.

234 m
Deepest dive
6:31
Longest dive
79
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
115
Deepest dive on record
234 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 22, 2026586 m14.8°C234 m
Feb 22, 2026586 m14.8°C175 m
May 19, 202637 m14.8°C31 m
Jun 18, 202681 m15.3°C72 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 22, 2026 — seafloor 586 m (measured), deepest dive 234 m (modelled)Feb 22Feb 22, 2026 — seafloor 586 m (measured), deepest dive 175 m (modelled)Feb 22May 19, 2026 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)May 19Jun 18, 2026 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jun 18

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

Dives

234 m
Deepest dive
6:31
Longest dive
79
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
115
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250234 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (586 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 · Feb 22, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
586 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
37 m – 586 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C – 15.3°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 15.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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