2022-2023 calf of CRC-10811 – Residency
6th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
2022-2023 calf of CRC-10811 @103974
Feb 22 – Jun 18, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Spring in the Channel
Months of spring here, and I never once got tired of this blue.
234 m
Deepest dive
6:31
Longest dive
79
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 115
- Deepest dive on record
- 234 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2026 | 586 m | 14.8°C | 234 m |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 586 m | 14.8°C | 175 m |
| May 19, 2026 | 37 m | 14.8°C | 31 m |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 81 m | 15.3°C | 72 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
234 m
Deepest dive
6:31
Longest dive
79
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
115
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (586 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Feb 22, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 15.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 37 m – 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.8°C – 15.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 15.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.