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Santa Barbara Channel

Boomerang – Residency

2nd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of Boomerang
Boomerang Confirmed in the catalog @4874
Dec 3 – 9, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Dec 2025

107 m
Deepest dive
3:51
Longest dive
24
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
6

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 3, 2025205 m—57 m
Dec 9, 2025533 m—107 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 3, 2025 — seafloor 205 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Dec 3Dec 9, 2025 — seafloor 533 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Dec 9

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

Dives

107 m
Deepest dive
3:51
Longest dive
24
Dives
36 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
6
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 (533 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 · Dec 9, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
533 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
205 m – 533 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km – 18.0 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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