Snowflake – Residency
13th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Snowflake @10972
Jul 25 – Sep 15, 2021 · Santa Barbara Channel
Santa Barbara Channel · Jul – Sep 2021
176 m
Deepest dive
7:13
Longest dive
77
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 52
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2021 | 367 m | 18.7°C | 173 m |
| Jul 25, 2021 | 301 m | 18.8°C | 106 m |
| Jul 26, 2021 | 325 m | 18.7°C | 101 m |
| Aug 21, 2021 | 310 m | 18.8°C | 135 m |
| Sep 11, 2021 | 238 m | 18.4°C | 176 m |
| Sep 15, 2021 | 354 m | 16.6°C | 72 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
176 m
Deepest dive
7:13
Longest dive
77
Dives
37 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
52
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 (238 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 11, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 238 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 15.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 238 m – 367 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.6°C – 18.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 km – 15.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.