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Santa Barbara Channel

HW-MN0503839 – Residency

6th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of HW-MN0503839
HW-MN0503839 Confirmed in the catalog @142456
Jul 5 – Dec 28, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jul – Dec 2025

171 m
Deepest dive
6:31
Longest dive
117
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
175

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 5, 2025294 m—51 m
Jul 31, 2025247 m—45 m
Sep 10, 2025134 m—92 m
Sep 26, 2025166 m—148 m
Oct 8, 2025235 m—144 m
Oct 8, 2025210 m—83 m
Nov 5, 2025522 m—171 m
Nov 8, 2025557 m—20 m
Nov 8, 2025373 m—46 m
Nov 8, 2025389 m—77 m
Nov 8, 2025530 m—28 m
Dec 28, 2025177 m—36 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 5, 2025 — seafloor 294 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jul 5Jul 31, 2025 — seafloor 247 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jul 31Sep 10, 2025 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 92 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 26, 2025 — seafloor 166 m (measured), deepest dive 148 m (modelled)Sep 26Oct 8, 2025 — seafloor 235 m (measured), deepest dive 144 m (modelled)Oct 8Oct 8, 2025 — seafloor 210 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Oct 8Nov 5, 2025 — seafloor 522 m (measured), deepest dive 171 m (modelled)Nov 5Nov 8, 2025 — seafloor 557 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Nov 8Nov 8, 2025 — seafloor 373 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Nov 8Nov 8, 2025 — seafloor 389 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Nov 8Nov 8, 2025 — seafloor 530 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Nov 8Dec 28, 2025 — seafloor 177 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Dec 28

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

Dives

171 m
Deepest dive
6:31
Longest dive
117
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
175
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200171 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (522 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 · Nov 5, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
522 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
134 m – 557 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 17.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 12 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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