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Santa Barbara Channel

2023-2024 calf of HW-MN0503411 – Residency

3rd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of 2023-2024 calf of HW-MN0503411
2023-2024 calf of HW-MN0503411 Confirmed in the catalog @122487
Jul 24 – Nov 2, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jul – Nov 2025

134 m
Deepest dive
4:28
Longest dive
75
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
102

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 24, 202580 m—70 m
Sep 6, 2025129 m—76 m
Sep 6, 2025146 m—74 m
Nov 1, 2025563 m—77 m
Nov 2, 2025228 m—134 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 24, 2025 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Jul 24Sep 6, 2025 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 6, 2025 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Sep 6Nov 1, 2025 — seafloor 563 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Nov 1Nov 2, 2025 — seafloor 228 m (measured), deepest dive 134 m (modelled)Nov 2

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

Dives

134 m
Deepest dive
4:28
Longest dive
75
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
102
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150134 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (228 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Nov 2, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
228 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
23.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
80 m – 563 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 23.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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