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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-19959 – Residency

3rd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-19959
CRC-19959 Confirmed in the catalog @61125
Jun 28 – Oct 16, 2022 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jun – Oct 2022

126 m
Deepest dive
4:10
Longest dive
77
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
110

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 28, 2022140 m18.6°C104 m
Aug 14, 2022170 m16.1°C55 m
Oct 6, 2022146 m20.6°C88 m
Oct 15, 2022564 m19.9°C45 m
Oct 15, 2022575 m20.0°C93 m
Oct 16, 2022341 m20.4°C96 m
Oct 16, 2022551 m20.3°C126 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jun 28, 2022 — seafloor 140 m (measured), deepest dive 104 m (modelled)Jun 28Aug 14, 2022 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Aug 14Oct 6, 2022 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Oct 6Oct 15, 2022 — seafloor 564 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Oct 15Oct 15, 2022 — seafloor 575 m (measured), deepest dive 93 m (modelled)Oct 15Oct 16, 2022 — seafloor 341 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 16, 2022 — seafloor 551 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Oct 16

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

Dives

126 m
Deepest dive
4:10
Longest dive
77
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
110
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150126 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (551 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 16, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
551 m
Sea-surface temperature
20.3°C
Distance from shore
19.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
140 m – 575 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.1°C – 20.6°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 21.0 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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