Blingy – Residency
8th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Blingy @310
Jul 27 – Aug 29, 2009 · Santa Barbara Channel
Santa Barbara Channel · Jul – Aug 2009
270 m
Deepest dive
8:52
Longest dive
115
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 33
- Deepest dive on record
- 270 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2009 | 205 m | 18.2°C | 16 m |
| Jul 28, 2009 | 349 m | 17.8°C | 270 m |
| Jul 30, 2009 | 230 m | 16.6°C | 43 m |
| Aug 2, 2009 | 528 m | 17.4°C | 219 m |
| Aug 17, 2009 | 198 m | 16.1°C | 62 m |
| Aug 19, 2009 | 211 m | 16.4°C | 117 m |
| Aug 22, 2009 | 134 m | 17.6°C | 82 m |
| Aug 29, 2009 | 139 m | 18.8°C | 119 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
270 m
Deepest dive
8:52
Longest dive
115
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
33
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (349 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 28, 2009
measured- Seafloor depth
- 349 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 134 m – 528 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.1°C – 18.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.