Chief – Residency
1st sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Chief @3365
Jul 23 – Sep 21, 2023 · Santa Barbara Channel
Summer Sanctuary
Found my favorite feeding grounds again and settled in for a long, lazy season.
124 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
26
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 60
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2023 | 437 m | 18.6°C | 58 m |
| Sep 19, 2023 | 832 m | 20.0°C | 124 m |
| Sep 21, 2023 | 604 m | 19.7°C | 53 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
124 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
26
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
60
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 (832 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 19, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 832 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 20.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 437 m – 832 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.6°C – 20.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.