Jean-Michel Cousteau – Residency
21st sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Jean-Michel Cousteau @2450
Aug 14 – Oct 17, 2021 · Santa Barbara Channel
Santa Barbara Channel · Aug – Oct 2021
249 m
Deepest dive
8:33
Longest dive
121
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 64
- Deepest dive on record
- 249 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2021 | 201 m | — | 70 m |
| Aug 14, 2021 | 500 m | — | 81 m |
| Sep 16, 2021 | 586 m | — | 98 m |
| Sep 17, 2021 | 473 m | — | 249 m |
| Sep 19, 2021 | 586 m | — | 130 m |
| Sep 19, 2021 | 92 m | — | 80 m |
| Oct 16, 2021 | 856 m | — | 68 m |
| Oct 17, 2021 | 756 m | — | 189 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
249 m
Deepest dive
8:33
Longest dive
121
Dives
38 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
64
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (473 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 17, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 473 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 15.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 92 m – 856 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km – 18.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.