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Santa Barbara Channel

2017-2018 calf of Chompers – Residency

6th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of 2017-2018 calf of Chompers
2017-2018 calf of Chompers Confirmed in the catalog @14971
Jul 11 – Oct 10, 2021 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jul – Oct 2021

172 m
Deepest dive
5:19
Longest dive
40
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
91

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 11, 2021267 m—101 m
Jul 25, 2021362 m—65 m
Jul 25, 2021316 m—153 m
Oct 10, 2021290 m—172 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 11, 2021 — seafloor 267 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 25, 2021 — seafloor 362 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jul 25Jul 25, 2021 — seafloor 316 m (measured), deepest dive 153 m (modelled)Jul 25Oct 10, 2021 — seafloor 290 m (measured), deepest dive 172 m (modelled)Oct 10

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

Dives

172 m
Deepest dive
5:19
Longest dive
40
Dives
37 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
91
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200172 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (290 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 · Oct 10, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
290 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
267 m – 362 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 4 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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