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Santa Barbara Channel

2017-2018 calf of CRC-11338 – Residency

14th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of 2017-2018 calf of CRC-11338
2017-2018 calf of CRC-11338 Confirmed in the catalog @24713
Aug 16 – Oct 26, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Aug – Oct 2025

85 m
Deepest dive
3:57
Longest dive
42
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
71

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 16, 2025431 m—69 m
Sep 6, 2025341 m—81 m
Sep 21, 2025204 m—85 m
Oct 26, 2025148 m—26 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 16, 2025 — seafloor 431 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 16Sep 6, 2025 — seafloor 341 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 21, 2025 — seafloor 204 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Sep 21Oct 26, 2025 — seafloor 148 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Oct 26

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

Dives

85 m
Deepest dive
3:57
Longest dive
42
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
71
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010085 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (204 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 · Sep 21, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
204 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
148 m – 431 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 16.0 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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