Bowser – Residency
18th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Bowser @558
Jun 26 – Sep 26, 2021 · Santa Barbara Channel
Summer in the Channel
Three months in familiar waters, where the feeding is good and the memories run deep.
275 m
Deepest dive
10:02
Longest dive
41
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 92
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2021 | 153 m | 18.3°C | 48 m |
| Jul 3, 2021 | 455 m | 18.9°C | 275 m |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 586 m | 16.4°C | 199 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
275 m
Deepest dive
10:02
Longest dive
41
Dives
38 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
92
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (455 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 3, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 455 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 17.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 153 m – 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.4°C – 18.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 15.0 km – 18.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.