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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-10544 – Residency

3rd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-10544
CRC-10544 Confirmed in the catalog @390
Apr 29 – May 31, 2009 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Apr – May 2009

87 m
Deepest dive
3:02
Longest dive
48
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
32

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 29, 2009113 m12.7°C87 m
May 22, 200997 m16.5°C59 m
May 31, 200995 m15.7°C64 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 29, 2009 — seafloor 113 m (measured), deepest dive 87 m (modelled)Apr 29May 22, 2009 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)May 22May 31, 2009 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)May 31

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

Dives

87 m
Deepest dive
3:02
Longest dive
48
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
32
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010087 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (113 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 29, 2009

measured
Seafloor depth
113 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
95 m – 113 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C – 16.5°C
Distance from shore
12.0 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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