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Santa Barbara Channel

Gluey – Residency

7th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of Gluey
Gluey Confirmed in the catalog @436
Apr 11 – Jul 6, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel

Home Water, Green Light

Spring bait's in, and this channel still knows my flukes.

207 m
Deepest dive
8:00
Longest dive
11
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
86

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 11, 2026275 m15.9°C36 m
Jul 6, 2026324 m18.0°C207 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 11, 2026 — seafloor 275 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Apr 11Jul 6, 2026 — seafloor 324 m (measured), deepest dive 207 m (modelled)Jul 6

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

Dives

207 m
Deepest dive
8:00
Longest dive
11
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
86
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250207 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (324 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 · Jul 6, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
324 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.0°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
275 m – 324 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.9°C – 18.0°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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