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Santa Barbara Channel

Mopsy – Residency

2nd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of Mopsy
Mopsy Confirmed in the catalog @123235
Jul 24 – Aug 9, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jul – Aug 2025

60 m
Deepest dive
2:46
Longest dive
23
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
17

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 24, 2025238 m—49 m
Aug 9, 2025392 m—60 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 238 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 24Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 392 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 9

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

Dives

60 m
Deepest dive
2:46
Longest dive
23
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
17
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010060 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (392 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 9, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
392 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
17.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
238 m – 392 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 17.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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