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Santa Barbara Channel

Flip – Residency

2nd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of Flip
Flip Confirmed in the catalog @45579
Feb 15 – 27, 2020 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Feb 2020

117 m
Deepest dive
6:32
Longest dive
25
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
12

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 15, 202054 m—31 m
Feb 27, 2020187 m—117 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 15, 2020 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Feb 15Feb 27, 2020 — seafloor 187 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Feb 27

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

Dives

117 m
Deepest dive
6:32
Longest dive
25
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
12
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150117 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (187 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 · Feb 27, 2020

measured
Seafloor depth
187 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m – 187 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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