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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-21849 – Residency

6th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-21849
CRC-21849 Confirmed in the catalog @109399
Apr 12 – Jul 4, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel

Krill's Thick, I'm Rich

Deep channel water, good company, nobody rushing off anywhere.

125 m
Deepest dive
5:01
Longest dive
21
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
83

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 12, 2026173 m16.5°C70 m
Jul 4, 2026349 m17.4°C125 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 12, 2026 — seafloor 173 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Apr 12Jul 4, 2026 — seafloor 349 m (measured), deepest dive 125 m (modelled)Jul 4

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

Dives

125 m
Deepest dive
5:01
Longest dive
21
Dives
37 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
83
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150125 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (349 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 4, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
349 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.4°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
173 m – 349 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.5°C – 17.4°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 15.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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