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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-23412 – Residency

6th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-23412
CRC-23412 Confirmed in the catalog @140186
Aug 31 – Sep 21, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Aug – Sep 2025

102 m
Deepest dive
4:02
Longest dive
37
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
21
Deepest dive on record
102 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 31, 2025192 m—72 m
Sep 1, 202573 m—65 m
Sep 5, 2025147 m—102 m
Sep 6, 2025146 m—38 m
Sep 21, 2025586 m—71 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 31, 2025 — seafloor 192 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 1, 2025 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Sep 1Sep 5, 2025 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 102 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 6, 2025 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 21, 2025 — seafloor 586 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Sep 21

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

Dives

102 m
Deepest dive
4:02
Longest dive
37
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
21
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150102 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 · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
73 m – 586 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
14.0 km – 18.0 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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