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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-10608 – Residency

3rd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-10608
CRC-10608 Confirmed in the catalog @360
Mar 14 – Apr 12, 2009 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Mar – Apr 2009

76 m
Deepest dive
3:40
Longest dive
37
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
29

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 14, 200978 m13.6°C60 m
Mar 27, 200976 m13.5°C63 m
Apr 12, 200987 m12.6°C76 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 14, 2009 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Mar 14Mar 27, 2009 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Mar 27Apr 12, 2009 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Apr 12

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

Dives

76 m
Deepest dive
3:40
Longest dive
37
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
29
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010076 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (87 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 12, 2009

measured
Seafloor depth
87 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
76 m – 87 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.6°C – 13.6°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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