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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-22779 – Residency

4th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-22779
CRC-22779 Confirmed in the catalog @130108
May 16 – Aug 29, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · May – Aug 2025

199 m
Deepest dive
7:03
Longest dive
115
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
105

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 16, 2025537 m—66 m
May 17, 2025324 m—53 m
May 25, 2025127 m—84 m
Jul 17, 2025358 m—155 m
Jul 19, 2025332 m—172 m
Aug 16, 2025337 m—199 m
Aug 29, 2025287 m—171 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 16, 2025 — seafloor 537 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)May 16May 17, 2025 — seafloor 324 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)May 17May 25, 2025 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)May 25Jul 17, 2025 — seafloor 358 m (measured), deepest dive 155 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 19, 2025 — seafloor 332 m (measured), deepest dive 172 m (modelled)Jul 19Aug 16, 2025 — seafloor 337 m (measured), deepest dive 199 m (modelled)Aug 16Aug 29, 2025 — seafloor 287 m (measured), deepest dive 171 m (modelled)Aug 29

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

Dives

199 m
Deepest dive
7:03
Longest dive
115
Dives
39 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
105
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200199 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (337 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 16, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
337 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
127 m – 537 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 17.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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