Snowflake – Residency
20th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Snowflake @10972
Jul 11 – Aug 12, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Kitchen's Open
Anchovies stacked thick, the whole gang's here, and I'm right where I belong.
253 m
Deepest dive
9:47
Longest dive
34
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 32
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2026 | 384 m | 18.8°C | 253 m |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 411 m | 20.6°C | 129 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
253 m
Deepest dive
9:47
Longest dive
34
Dives
36 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
32
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 (384 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 11, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 384 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 14.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 384 m – 411 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.8°C – 20.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 14.0 km – 15.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.