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Santa Barbara Channel

Stump – Residency

57th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of Stump
Stump Confirmed in the catalog @559
Mar 28 – Oct 8, 2021 · Santa Barbara Channel

Channel Regular

Another season making the rounds through my favorite stretch of water.

242 m
Deepest dive
9:04
Longest dive
77
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
194
Deepest dive on record
242 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 28, 2021377 m12.2°C163 m
Apr 12, 2021220 m12.8°C38 m
Jun 18, 2021419 m17.2°C101 m
Jul 10, 2021586 m18.7°C242 m
Oct 8, 2021221 m18.2°C51 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 28, 2021 — seafloor 377 m (measured), deepest dive 163 m (modelled)Mar 28Apr 12, 2021 — seafloor 220 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Apr 12Jun 18, 2021 — seafloor 419 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Jun 18Jul 10, 2021 — seafloor 586 m (measured), deepest dive 242 m (modelled)Jul 10Oct 8, 2021 — seafloor 221 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Oct 8

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

Dives

242 m
Deepest dive
9:04
Longest dive
77
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
194
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250242 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (586 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 · Jul 10, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
586 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.7°C
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
220 m – 586 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C – 18.7°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 15.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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