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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-19858 – Residency

3rd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-19858
CRC-19858 Confirmed in the catalog @73813
Sep 21 – Nov 9, 2023 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Sep – Nov 2023

112 m
Deepest dive
2:50
Longest dive
16
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
49

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 21, 202365 m—28 m
Nov 9, 2023245 m—112 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, 2023 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Sep 21Nov 9, 2023 — seafloor 245 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Nov 9

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

Dives

112 m
Deepest dive
2:50
Longest dive
16
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
49
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150112 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (245 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 · Nov 9, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
245 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
65 m – 245 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 15.0 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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