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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-15207 – Residency

6th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-15207
CRC-15207 Confirmed in the catalog @339
Jul 1 – Aug 8, 2021 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jul – Aug 2021

103 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
54
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
38

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 1, 2021134 m—82 m
Aug 8, 202197 m—70 m
Aug 8, 2021219 m—103 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 1, 2021 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 82 m (modelled)Jul 1Aug 8, 2021 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 8, 2021 — seafloor 219 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Aug 8

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

Dives

103 m
Deepest dive
3:45
Longest dive
54
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
38
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150103 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (219 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 · Aug 8, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
219 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
97 m – 219 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km – 15.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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