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Santa Barbara Channel

Blingy – Residency

18th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of Blingy
Blingy Confirmed in the catalog @310
Jul 13 – 17, 2021 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jul 2021

268 m
Deepest dive
9:14
Longest dive
25
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
4

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 13, 2021234 m19.3°C46 m
Jul 17, 2021536 m19.5°C268 m
Jul 17, 2021534 m19.2°C34 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 13, 2021 — seafloor 234 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jul 13Jul 17, 2021 — seafloor 536 m (measured), deepest dive 268 m (modelled)Jul 17Jul 17, 2021 — seafloor 534 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 17

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

Dives

268 m
Deepest dive
9:14
Longest dive
25
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
4
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0150300268 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (536 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 · Jul 17, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
536 m
Sea-surface temperature
19.5°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
234 m – 536 m
Sea-surface temperature
19.2°C – 19.5°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km – 16.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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