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Santa Barbara Channel

2023-2024 calf of CRC-15420 – Residency

5th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of 2023-2024 calf of CRC-15420
2023-2024 calf of CRC-15420 Confirmed in the catalog @129820
Jun 6 – Oct 17, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jun – Oct 2025

121 m
Deepest dive
3:59
Longest dive
113
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
133

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 6, 202557 m—44 m
Jul 1, 2025147 m—108 m
Aug 9, 2025392 m—90 m
Sep 5, 2025147 m—121 m
Sep 21, 202581 m—55 m
Oct 17, 202577 m—70 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 6, 2025 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jun 6Jul 1, 2025 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Jul 1Aug 9, 2025 — seafloor 392 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Aug 9Sep 5, 2025 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 121 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 21, 2025 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 21Oct 17, 2025 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Oct 17

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

Dives

121 m
Deepest dive
3:59
Longest dive
113
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
133
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150121 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (147 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 · Sep 5, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
147 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
18.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
57 m – 392 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 18.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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