HW-MN0503839 – Residency
8th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
HW-MN0503839 @142456
May 15 – Jul 4, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Krill's Thick Again
Whole channel smells like lunch — I'm not going anywhere yet.
107 m
Deepest dive
3:38
Longest dive
36
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 49
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | 556 m | 18.6°C | 33 m |
| Jul 3, 2026 | 251 m | 16.7°C | 107 m |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 373 m | 17.3°C | 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
107 m
Deepest dive
3:38
Longest dive
36
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
49
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 · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 251 m – 556 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.7°C – 18.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km – 14.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.