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Santa Barbara Channel

CRC-20731 – Residency

13th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of CRC-20731
CRC-20731 Confirmed in the catalog @82307
Aug 7 – Dec 7, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Aug – Dec 2025

101 m
Deepest dive
3:50
Longest dive
76
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
123

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 7, 2025227 m—63 m
Sep 6, 2025586 m—101 m
Oct 9, 2025123 m—73 m
Oct 12, 2025101 m—57 m
Nov 8, 2025157 m—79 m
Dec 7, 2025244 m—26 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 7, 2025 — seafloor 227 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Aug 7Sep 6, 2025 — seafloor 586 m (measured), deepest dive 101 m (modelled)Sep 6Oct 9, 2025 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Oct 9Oct 12, 2025 — seafloor 101 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Oct 12Nov 8, 2025 — seafloor 157 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Nov 8Dec 7, 2025 — seafloor 244 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Dec 7

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

Dives

101 m
Deepest dive
3:50
Longest dive
76
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
123
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 (586 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 · Sep 6, 2025

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

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
101 m – 586 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km – 19.0 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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