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Santa Barbara Channel

161373 – Residency

2nd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of 161373
161373 Confirmed in the catalog @161373
Jun 13 – 20, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jun 2026

144 m
Deepest dive
4:24
Longest dive
33
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
7
Deepest dive on record
144 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 13, 202688 m18.6°C80 m
Jun 20, 2026212 m17.6°C144 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 13, 2026 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jun 13Jun 20, 2026 — seafloor 212 m (measured), deepest dive 144 m (modelled)Jun 20

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

Dives

144 m
Deepest dive
4:24
Longest dive
33
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
7
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150144 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (212 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 · Jun 20, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
212 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.6°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
88 m – 212 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.6°C – 18.6°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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