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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-20570 – Residency

4th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-20570
CRC-20570 Confirmed in the catalog @60209
Sep 21 – Oct 13, 2024 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Sep – Oct 2024

103 m
Deepest dive
5:01
Longest dive
16
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
22

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 21, 2024303 m—103 m
Oct 13, 2024219 m—60 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 21, 2024 — seafloor 303 m (measured), deepest dive 103 m (modelled)Sep 21Oct 13, 2024 — seafloor 219 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Oct 13

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

Dives

103 m
Deepest dive
5:01
Longest dive
16
Dives
37 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
22
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150103 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (303 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 · Sep 21, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
303 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
18.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
219 m – 303 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
17.0 km – 18.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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