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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-15266 – Residency

22nd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-15266
CRC-15266 Confirmed in the catalog @556
May 10 – 24, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · May 2025

105 m
Deepest dive
3:43
Longest dive
27
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
14

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 10, 2025229 m—105 m
May 17, 2025235 m—45 m
May 24, 2025333 m—56 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
May 10, 2025 — seafloor 229 m (measured), deepest dive 105 m (modelled)May 10May 17, 2025 — seafloor 235 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)May 17May 24, 2025 — seafloor 333 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)May 24

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

Dives

105 m
Deepest dive
3:43
Longest dive
27
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
14
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150105 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (229 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 · May 10, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
229 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
229 m – 333 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km – 15.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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