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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-12204 – Residency

15th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-12204
CRC-12204 Confirmed in the catalog @60
Jul 2 – 10, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel

Channel Feed, July Edition

Warm shelf, easy feed, boats drifting by — my kind of summer.

173 m
Deepest dive
7:16
Longest dive
11
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
8

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 2, 2026340 m17.3°C41 m
Jul 10, 2026361 m18.7°C173 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 2, 2026 — seafloor 340 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jul 2Jul 10, 2026 — seafloor 361 m (measured), deepest dive 173 m (modelled)Jul 10

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

Dives

173 m
Deepest dive
7:16
Longest dive
11
Dives
39 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
8
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0100200173 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (361 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, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
361 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.7°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
340 m – 361 m
Sea-surface temperature
17.3°C – 18.7°C
Distance from shore
12.0 km – 13.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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