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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-11624 – Residency

14th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-11624
CRC-11624 Confirmed in the catalog @2463
Jun 12 – Aug 27, 2023 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jun – Aug 2023

280 m
Deepest dive
8:18
Longest dive
33
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
76
Deepest dive on record
280 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 12, 2023466 m—280 m
Aug 26, 2023570 m—24 m
Aug 27, 2023465 m—160 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 12, 2023 — seafloor 466 m (measured), deepest dive 280 m (modelled)Jun 12Aug 26, 2023 — seafloor 570 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 26Aug 27, 2023 — seafloor 465 m (measured), deepest dive 160 m (modelled)Aug 27

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

Dives

280 m
Deepest dive
8:18
Longest dive
33
Dives
42 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
76
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300280 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (466 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 12, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
466 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
465 m – 570 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 19.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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