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Santa Barbara Channel

Stump – Residency

9th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of Stump
Stump Confirmed in the catalog @559
May 20 – Nov 3, 2010 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · May – Nov 2010

144 m
Deepest dive
5:29
Longest dive
73
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
167

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
May 20, 2010287 m12.7°C125 m
Aug 12, 2010243 m14.3°C49 m
Sep 6, 201098 m14.9°C27 m
Sep 24, 2010123 m15.3°C33 m
Oct 16, 201071 m17.5°C56 m
Oct 24, 201073 m17.4°C21 m
Nov 3, 2010234 m17.6°C144 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 20, 2010 — seafloor 287 m (measured), deepest dive 125 m (modelled)May 20Aug 12, 2010 — seafloor 243 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Aug 12Sep 6, 2010 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 24, 2010 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Sep 24Oct 16, 2010 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 24, 2010 — seafloor 73 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Oct 24Nov 3, 2010 — seafloor 234 m (measured), deepest dive 144 m (modelled)Nov 3

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

Dives

144 m
Deepest dive
5:29
Longest dive
73
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
167
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150144 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (234 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 · Nov 3, 2010

measured
Seafloor depth
234 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.6°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
71 m – 287 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.7°C – 17.6°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 19.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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