Stump – Residency
57th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Stump @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
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2021 | 377 m | 12.2°C | 163 m |
| Apr 12, 2021 | 220 m | 12.8°C | 38 m |
| Jun 18, 2021 | 419 m | 17.2°C | 101 m |
| Jul 10, 2021 | 586 m | 18.7°C | 242 m |
| Oct 8, 2021 | 221 m | 18.2°C | 51 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
242 m
Deepest dive
9:04
Longest dive
77
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
194
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 (586 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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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
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.