CRC-23138 – Residency
6th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
CRC-23138 @140190
Jun 13 – Aug 21, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Channel Regulars
Whole summer surfacing among friends who know these currents too.
211 m
Deepest dive
6:00
Longest dive
59
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 69
- Deepest dive on record
- 211 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2026 | 93 m | 18.8°C | 76 m |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 225 m | 17.7°C | 38 m |
| Jun 25, 2026 | 181 m | 17.5°C | 101 m |
| Jul 3, 2026 | 251 m | 16.7°C | 211 m |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 586 m | 20.7°C | 79 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
211 m
Deepest dive
6:00
Longest dive
59
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
69
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 (251 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 3, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 251 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 93 m – 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.7°C – 20.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.