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Santa Barbara Channel

Swiper – Residency

7th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of Swiper
Swiper Confirmed in the catalog @25979
May 5 – 17, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · May 2025

93 m
Deepest dive
3:48
Longest dive
49
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
12

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 5, 2025183 m14.1°C91 m
May 17, 2025324 m17.5°C93 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 5, 2025 — seafloor 183 m (measured), deepest dive 91 m (modelled)May 5May 17, 2025 — seafloor 324 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)May 17

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

Dives

93 m
Deepest dive
3:48
Longest dive
49
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
12
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010093 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (324 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 · May 17, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
324 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.5°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
183 m – 324 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C – 17.5°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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