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Santa Barbara Channel

2022-2023 calf of Cherrios – Residency

4th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Fluke of 2022-2023 calf of Cherrios
2022-2023 calf of Cherrios Confirmed in the catalog @99981
Jul 19 – Oct 5, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel

Santa Barbara Channel · Jul – Oct 2025

126 m
Deepest dive
5:10
Longest dive
83
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
78
Deepest dive on record
126 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 19, 2025368 m—53 m
Sep 6, 2025129 m—96 m
Sep 6, 2025146 m—126 m
Sep 10, 2025134 m—74 m
Oct 5, 2025125 m—90 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 19, 2025 — seafloor 368 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jul 19Sep 6, 2025 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 96 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 6, 2025 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 126 m (modelled)Sep 6Sep 10, 2025 — seafloor 134 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Sep 10Oct 5, 2025 — seafloor 125 m (measured), deepest dive 90 m (modelled)Oct 5

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

Dives

126 m
Deepest dive
5:10
Longest dive
83
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
78
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150126 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (146 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Sep 6, 2025

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

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
125 m – 368 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km – 19.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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