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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-18986 – Residency

4th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-18986
CRC-18986 Confirmed in the catalog @41659
Sep 25 – Nov 12, 2021 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Sep – Nov 2021

126 m
Deepest dive
3:35
Longest dive
20
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
48

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 25, 2021387 m—126 m
Oct 30, 202191 m—65 m
Nov 12, 2021122 m—40 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 25, 2021 — seafloor 387 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Sep 25Oct 30, 2021 — seafloor 91 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Oct 30Nov 12, 2021 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Nov 12

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

Dives

126 m
Deepest dive
3:35
Longest dive
20
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
48
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150126 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (387 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 · Sep 25, 2021

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

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
91 m – 387 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 17.0 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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