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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-22597 – Residency

3rd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-22597
CRC-22597 Confirmed in the catalog @123165
Jul 17 – Aug 21, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jul – Aug 2025

168 m
Deepest dive
5:56
Longest dive
33
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
35
Deepest dive on record
168 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 17, 2025358 m—87 m
Aug 15, 2025458 m—168 m
Aug 21, 2025192 m—121 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 358 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Jul 17Aug 15, 2025 — seafloor 458 m (measured), deepest dive 168 m (modelled)Aug 15Aug 21, 2025 — seafloor 192 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Aug 21

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

Dives

168 m
Deepest dive
5:56
Longest dive
33
Dives
35 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
35
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 (458 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 · Aug 15, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
458 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
192 m – 458 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 15.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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