Snowflake – Residency
18th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Snowflake @10972
Aug 15 – Oct 5, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel
Santa Barbara Channel · Aug – Oct 2025
268 m
Deepest dive
8:42
Longest dive
34
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 51
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2025 | 463 m | 18.0°C | 268 m |
| Oct 5, 2025 | 701 m | 19.7°C | 195 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
268 m
Deepest dive
8:42
Longest dive
34
Dives
39 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
51
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 (463 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 15, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 463 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 15.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 463 m – 701 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.0°C – 19.7°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.