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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-15266 – Residency

9th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-15266
CRC-15266 Confirmed in the catalog @556
Apr 1 – Jun 28, 2010 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Apr – Jun 2010

159 m
Deepest dive
5:48
Longest dive
118
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
88
Deepest dive on record
159 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 1, 201094 m—64 m
Apr 4, 201055 m—49 m
Apr 7, 201053 m—28 m
Apr 8, 201070 m—52 m
Apr 15, 201062 m—34 m
Apr 26, 2010240 m—159 m
Jun 12, 2010167 m—95 m
Jun 26, 2010283 m—85 m
Jun 28, 2010370 m—99 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 1, 2010 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Apr 1Apr 4, 2010 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Apr 4Apr 7, 2010 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Apr 7Apr 8, 2010 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Apr 8Apr 15, 2010 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Apr 15Apr 26, 2010 — seafloor 240 m (measured), deepest dive 159 m (modelled)Apr 26Jun 12, 2010 — seafloor 167 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Jun 12Jun 26, 2010 — seafloor 283 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Jun 26Jun 28, 2010 — seafloor 370 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Jun 28

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

Dives

159 m
Deepest dive
5:48
Longest dive
118
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
88
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200159 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (240 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 · Apr 26, 2010

measured
Seafloor depth
240 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
53 m – 370 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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