CRC-16457 – Residency
11th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
CRC-16457 @12246
Sep 12, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Channel, Twice Over
Deep water, warm surface, two chances to catch me looking good.
161 m
Deepest dive
5:10
Longest dive
13
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- Same day
- Deepest dive on record
- 161 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2026 | 307 m | 22.1°C | 49 m |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 586 m | 21.6°C | 161 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
161 m
Deepest dive
5:10
Longest dive
13
Dives
41 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
Same day
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 · Sep 12, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 21.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 15.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 307 m – 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 21.6°C – 22.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 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.