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Santa Barbara Channel

Blingy – Residency

11th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of Blingy
Blingy Confirmed in the catalog @310
Jul 28 – 30, 2011 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jul 2011

107 m
Deepest dive
5:14
Longest dive
40
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
2

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 28, 2011147 m17.5°C107 m
Jul 30, 2011214 m17.6°C11 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 28, 2011 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Jul 28Jul 30, 2011 — seafloor 214 m (measured), deepest dive 11 m (modelled)Jul 30

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

Dives

107 m
Deepest dive
5:14
Longest dive
40
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
2
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150107 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (147 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 28, 2011

measured
Seafloor depth
147 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.5°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
147 m – 214 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.5°C – 17.6°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km – 10.0 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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