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Santa Barbara Channel

Mimi – Residency

4th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of Mimi
Mimi Confirmed in the catalog @106462
Jul 17 – Nov 22, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jul – Nov 2025

168 m
Deepest dive
7:26
Longest dive
107
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
128

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 17, 2025586 m—30 m
Jul 18, 2025261 m—168 m
Aug 8, 202547 m—40 m
Sep 2, 202579 m—58 m
Sep 3, 2025254 m—112 m
Sep 11, 202526 m—18 m
Nov 22, 2025876 m—35 m
Nov 22, 2025768 m—148 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 17, 2025 — seafloor 586 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 18, 2025 — seafloor 261 m (measured), deepest dive 168 m (modelled)Jul 18Aug 8, 2025 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Aug 8Sep 2, 2025 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Sep 2Sep 3, 2025 — seafloor 254 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Sep 3Sep 11, 2025 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Sep 11Nov 22, 2025 — seafloor 876 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Nov 22Nov 22, 2025 — seafloor 768 m (measured), deepest dive 148 m (modelled)Nov 22

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

Dives

168 m
Deepest dive
7:26
Longest dive
107
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
128
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200168 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (261 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 · Jul 18, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
261 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 876 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 15.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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