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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-18681 – Residency

4th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-18681
CRC-18681 Confirmed in the catalog @34574
Aug 28 – 29, 2021 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Aug 2021

173 m
Deepest dive
6:55
Longest dive
57
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
1

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 28, 2021134 m—111 m
Aug 28, 2021134 m—24 m
Aug 28, 2021134 m—86 m
Aug 29, 2021286 m—173 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 28, 2021 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)Aug 28Aug 28, 2021 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 24 m (modelled)Aug 28Aug 28, 2021 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Aug 28Aug 29, 2021 — seafloor 286 m (measured), deepest dive 173 m (modelled)Aug 29

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

Dives

173 m
Deepest dive
6:55
Longest dive
57
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
1
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200173 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (286 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 29, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
286 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
17.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
134 m – 286 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km – 17.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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