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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-19945 – Residency

2nd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-19945
CRC-19945 Confirmed in the catalog @64732
Jun 22 – Aug 29, 2021 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jun – Aug 2021

141 m
Deepest dive
4:08
Longest dive
12
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
68
Deepest dive on record
141 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jun 22, 2021170 m—141 m
Aug 29, 2021259 m—84 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 22, 2021 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 141 m (modelled)Jun 22Aug 29, 2021 — seafloor 259 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Aug 29

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

Dives

141 m
Deepest dive
4:08
Longest dive
12
Dives
47 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
68
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150141 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 · Jun 22, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
170 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
170 m – 259 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km – 16.0 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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