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Santa Barbara Channel

Exclaim – Residency

2nd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of Exclaim
Exclaim Confirmed in the catalog @3185
Apr 5 – 18, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

April in Monterey

The familiar currents called me back to these rich waters again.

79 m
Deepest dive
2:34
Longest dive
25
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
13

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 5, 2025202 m12.4°C79 m
Apr 18, 202578 m12.4°C66 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 5, 2025 — seafloor 202 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Apr 5Apr 18, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Apr 18

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

Dives

79 m
Deepest dive
2:34
Longest dive
25
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
13
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010079 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (202 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 · Apr 5, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
202 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m – 202 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.4°C – 12.4°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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