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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-19855 – Residency

17th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-19855
CRC-19855 Confirmed in the catalog @73818
Apr 6 – Jul 27, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Apr – Jul 2025

131 m
Deepest dive
5:34
Longest dive
83
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
112

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 6, 2025276 m—130 m
Apr 22, 202530 m—27 m
Jul 1, 2025147 m—131 m
Jul 15, 2025182 m—68 m
Jul 19, 2025348 m—88 m
Jul 27, 2025586 m—54 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 6, 2025 — seafloor 276 m (measured), deepest dive 130 m (modelled)Apr 6Apr 22, 2025 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Apr 22Jul 1, 2025 — seafloor 147 m (measured), deepest dive 131 m (modelled)Jul 1Jul 15, 2025 — seafloor 182 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jul 15Jul 19, 2025 — seafloor 348 m (measured), deepest dive 88 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 27, 2025 — seafloor 586 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jul 27

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

Dives

131 m
Deepest dive
5:34
Longest dive
83
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
112
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150131 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (147 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 1, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
147 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
18.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
30 m – 586 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km – 18.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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