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Santa Barbara Channel

Blingy – Residency

23rd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of Blingy
Blingy Confirmed in the catalog @310
Jun 21 – 28, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jun 2025

108 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
16
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
7

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 21, 2025227 m17.1°C108 m
Jun 28, 2025459 m17.7°C80 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 21, 2025 — seafloor 227 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Jun 21Jun 28, 2025 — seafloor 459 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jun 28

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

Dives

108 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
16
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
7
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150108 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (227 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 · Jun 21, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
227 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.1°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
227 m – 459 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.1°C – 17.7°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km – 15.0 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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