Black Rakes – Residency
11th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Black Rakes @1138
Oct 19 – Nov 2, 2024 · Santa Barbara Channel
Santa Barbara Channel · Oct – Nov 2024
216 m
Deepest dive
8:54
Longest dive
63
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 14
- Deepest dive on record
- 216 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2024 | 70 m | 18.5°C | 17 m |
| Oct 19, 2024 | 119 m | 18.5°C | 75 m |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 425 m | 17.5°C | 216 m |
| Nov 1, 2024 | 738 m | 18.6°C | 146 m |
| Nov 1, 2024 | 791 m | 18.8°C | 46 m |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 367 m | 18.1°C | 163 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
216 m
Deepest dive
8:54
Longest dive
63
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
14
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 (425 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Oct 31, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 425 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 14.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 70 m – 791 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.5°C – 18.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km – 24.0 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.