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Santa Barbara Channel

Corduroy – Residency

4th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of Corduroy
Corduroy Confirmed in the catalog @459
Jul 13 – Sep 25, 2023 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jul – Sep 2023

107 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
15
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
74

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 13, 2023249 m—107 m
Sep 25, 202355 m—45 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 13, 2023 — seafloor 249 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Jul 13Sep 25, 2023 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Sep 25

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

Dives

107 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
15
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
74
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150107 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (249 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 13, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
249 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
55 m – 249 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 14.0 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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