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Santa Barbara Channel

Bruce – Residency

12th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of Bruce
Bruce Confirmed in the catalog @2468
May 14 – Aug 15, 2011 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · May – Aug 2011

165 m
Deepest dive
5:33
Longest dive
62
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
93

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 14, 2011257 m13.2°C83 m
Jun 8, 2011143 m12.6°C95 m
Jul 28, 2011147 m17.5°C53 m
Aug 13, 2011259 m16.8°C64 m
Aug 13, 2011512 m15.9°C36 m
Aug 14, 2011172 m16.1°C137 m
Aug 15, 2011184 m16.8°C165 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 14, 2011 — seafloor 257 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)May 14Jun 8, 2011 — seafloor 143 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Jun 8Jul 28, 2011 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 28Aug 13, 2011 — seafloor 259 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Aug 13Aug 13, 2011 — seafloor 512 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Aug 13Aug 14, 2011 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 137 m (modelled)Aug 14Aug 15, 2011 — seafloor 184 m (measured), deepest dive 165 m (modelled)Aug 15

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

Dives

165 m
Deepest dive
5:33
Longest dive
62
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
93
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200165 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (184 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 · Aug 15, 2011

measured
Seafloor depth
184 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.8°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
143 m – 512 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C – 17.5°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 17.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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