Benko – Residency
5th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Benko @139245
Apr 13 – Jun 28, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel
Santa Barbara Channel · Apr – Jun 2025
138 m
Deepest dive
4:23
Longest dive
44
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 76
- Deepest dive on record
- 138 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2025 | 85 m | — | 36 m |
| May 9, 2025 | 255 m | — | 30 m |
| May 22, 2025 | 103 m | — | 94 m |
| Jun 21, 2025 | 227 m | — | 138 m |
| Jun 25, 2025 | 28 m | — | 24 m |
| Jun 28, 2025 | 459 m | — | 73 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
138 m
Deepest dive
4:23
Longest dive
44
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
76
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 (227 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 21, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 227 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 15.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 28 m – 459 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 15.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.