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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-12107 – Residency

5th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-12107
CRC-12107 Confirmed in the catalog @463
Jul 22 – Nov 1, 2023 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jul – Nov 2023

209 m
Deepest dive
9:14
Longest dive
81
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
103
Deepest dive on record
209 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 22, 202387 m—73 m
Sep 4, 2023285 m—76 m
Oct 22, 2023538 m—64 m
Oct 22, 2023714 m—30 m
Oct 26, 2023767 m—108 m
Nov 1, 2023628 m—209 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 22, 2023 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jul 22Sep 4, 2023 — seafloor 285 m (measured), deepest dive 76 m (modelled)Sep 4Oct 22, 2023 — seafloor 538 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Oct 22Oct 22, 2023 — seafloor 714 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Oct 22Oct 26, 2023 — seafloor 767 m (measured), deepest dive 108 m (modelled)Oct 26Nov 1, 2023 — seafloor 628 m (measured), deepest dive 209 m (modelled)Nov 1

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

Dives

209 m
Deepest dive
9:14
Longest dive
81
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
103
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250209 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (628 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 · Nov 1, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
628 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
19.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
87 m – 767 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 27.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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