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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-10655 – Residency

8th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-10655
CRC-10655 Confirmed in the catalog @73
Jul 29 – Sep 4, 2009 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jul – Sep 2009

101 m
Deepest dive
3:23
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
37

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 29, 2009152 m—101 m
Aug 7, 2009380 m—74 m
Aug 8, 2009172 m—72 m
Aug 11, 2009346 m—46 m
Aug 20, 2009100 m—79 m
Sep 4, 200999 m—48 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 29, 2009 — seafloor 152 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Jul 29Aug 7, 2009 — seafloor 380 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 8, 2009 — seafloor 172 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Aug 8Aug 11, 2009 — seafloor 346 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 20, 2009 — seafloor 100 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Aug 20Sep 4, 2009 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 4

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

Dives

101 m
Deepest dive
3:23
Longest dive
52
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
37
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150101 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (152 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 29, 2009

measured
Seafloor depth
152 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
99 m – 380 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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