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Santa Barbara Channel

Swiper – Residency

6th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of Swiper
Swiper Confirmed in the catalog @25979
Feb 27 – May 30, 2021 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Feb – May 2021

147 m
Deepest dive
4:50
Longest dive
206
Dives
Sightings
18
Days between first and last sighting
92

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 27, 2021330 m14.4°C147 m
Feb 27, 202166 m14.2°C53 m
Feb 28, 202183 m14.2°C30 m
Feb 28, 202178 m14.2°C63 m
Mar 4, 2021665 m14.7°C104 m
Mar 6, 2021127 m14.4°C87 m
Mar 6, 2021204 m14.3°C60 m
Mar 7, 2021340 m13.9°C48 m
Mar 12, 2021167 m14.2°C65 m
Mar 13, 2021173 m14.3°C115 m
Mar 14, 2021488 m14.2°C74 m
Mar 24, 2021120 m14.1°C104 m
Apr 4, 2021652 m16.4°C137 m
Apr 6, 2021328 m17.4°C108 m
Apr 7, 2021514 m17.5°C89 m
Apr 11, 2021119 m17.4°C110 m
May 30, 2021329 m14.8°C106 m
May 30, 2021308 m14.7°C142 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 27, 2021 — seafloor 330 m (measured), deepest dive 147 m (modelled)Feb 27Feb 27, 2021 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Feb 28, 2021 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Feb 28, 2021 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Feb 28Mar 4, 2021 — seafloor 665 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Mar 6, 2021 — seafloor 127 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Mar 6, 2021 — seafloor 204 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Mar 6Mar 7, 2021 — seafloor 340 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Mar 12, 2021 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Mar 13, 2021 — seafloor 173 m (measured), deepest dive 115 m (modelled)Mar 13Mar 14, 2021 — seafloor 488 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Mar 24, 2021 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Apr 4, 2021 — seafloor 652 m (measured), deepest dive 137 m (modelled)Apr 4Apr 6, 2021 — seafloor 328 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Apr 7, 2021 — seafloor 514 m (measured), deepest dive 89 m (modelled)Apr 11, 2021 — seafloor 119 m (measured), deepest dive 110 m (modelled)Apr 11May 30, 2021 — seafloor 329 m (measured), deepest dive 106 m (modelled)May 30, 2021 — seafloor 308 m (measured), deepest dive 142 m (modelled)

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

Dives

147 m
Deepest dive
4:50
Longest dive
206
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
18
Sightings
92
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150147 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (330 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Feb 27, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
330 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 18 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
66 m – 665 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.9°C – 17.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 20.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 18 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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