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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-19858 – Residency

6th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-19858
CRC-19858 Confirmed in the catalog @73813
Jul 11, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel

This Channel, Every Summer

Two looks this stretch — this blue keeps knowing my tail.

112 m
Deepest dive
3:48
Longest dive
20
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
Same day

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 11, 2026291 m18.9°C112 m
Jul 11, 2026161 m19.4°C79 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 11, 2026 — seafloor 291 m (measured), deepest dive 112 m (modelled)Jul 11Jul 11, 2026 — seafloor 161 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 11

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

Dives

112 m
Deepest dive
3:48
Longest dive
20
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
Same day
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 (291 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 11, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
291 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.9°C
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
161 m – 291 m
Sea-surface temperature
18.9°C – 19.4°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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