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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-19853 – Residency

5th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-19853
CRC-19853 Confirmed in the catalog @73826
Jul 18 – Nov 22, 2021 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jul – Nov 2021

217 m
Deepest dive
5:50
Longest dive
76
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
127

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 18, 20211,122 m—99 m
Aug 19, 2021455 m—45 m
Nov 5, 2021457 m—217 m
Nov 6, 2021180 m—83 m
Nov 12, 2021425 m—95 m
Nov 22, 2021421 m—119 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 18, 2021 — seafloor 1,122 m (measured), deepest dive 99 m (modelled)Jul 18Aug 19, 2021 — seafloor 455 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 19Nov 5, 2021 — seafloor 457 m (measured), deepest dive 217 m (modelled)Nov 5Nov 6, 2021 — seafloor 180 m (measured), deepest dive 83 m (modelled)Nov 6Nov 12, 2021 — seafloor 425 m (measured), deepest dive 95 m (modelled)Nov 12Nov 22, 2021 — seafloor 421 m (measured), deepest dive 119 m (modelled)Nov 22

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

Dives

217 m
Deepest dive
5:50
Longest dive
76
Dives
33 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
127
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0125250217 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (457 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 5, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
457 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
180 m – 1,122 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km – 29.0 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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