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Santa Barbara Channel

Stump – Residency

43rd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of Stump
Stump Confirmed in the catalog @559
Feb 25 – Oct 28, 2012 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Feb – Oct 2012

145 m
Deepest dive
5:43
Longest dive
219
Dives
Sightings
18
Days between first and last sighting
246

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 25, 2012225 m13.8°C51 m
May 9, 2012242 m15.5°C88 m
Jun 4, 2012138 m15.5°C38 m
Jul 17, 2012424 m16.8°C57 m
Sep 7, 201259 m19.7°C47 m
Sep 9, 201249 m19.5°C41 m
Sep 10, 201243 m19.6°C28 m
Sep 18, 201276 m18.5°C64 m
Sep 20, 201285 m18.1°C77 m
Sep 21, 2012505 m18.7°C95 m
Sep 22, 201235 m20.0°C32 m
Sep 28, 201253 m18.6°C34 m
Oct 6, 201259 m19.4°C52 m
Oct 14, 201293 m18.5°C60 m
Oct 20, 2012170 m19.2°C145 m
Oct 21, 2012108 m19.0°C93 m
Oct 26, 201288 m18.4°C65 m
Oct 28, 201255 m18.4°C21 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 25, 2012 — seafloor 225 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Feb 25May 9, 2012 — seafloor 242 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Jun 4, 2012 — seafloor 138 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jul 17, 2012 — seafloor 424 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jul 17Sep 7, 2012 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Sep 9, 2012 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Sep 10, 2012 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Sep 10Sep 18, 2012 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 20, 2012 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Sep 21, 2012 — seafloor 505 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Sep 21Sep 22, 2012 — seafloor 35 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2012 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Oct 6, 2012 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Oct 6Oct 14, 2012 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Oct 20, 2012 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 145 m (modelled)Oct 21, 2012 — seafloor 108 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Oct 21Oct 26, 2012 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Oct 28, 2012 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)

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

Dives

145 m
Deepest dive
5:43
Longest dive
219
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
18
Sightings
246
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150145 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (170 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 · Oct 20, 2012

measured
Seafloor depth
170 m
Sea-surface temperature
19.2°C
Distance from shore
18.0 km

Across the residency · 18 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
35 m – 505 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.8°C – 20.0°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 18.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 18 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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