Clover – Residency
8th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Clover @144208
Jun 27 – Aug 22, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Lucky Summer Waters
Green water, krill thick, my lucky four riding high all summer.
185 m
Deepest dive
5:04
Longest dive
49
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 56
- Deepest dive on record
- 185 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 27, 2026 | 158 m | 17.3°C | 63 m |
| Jul 9, 2026 | 163 m | 18.4°C | 115 m |
| Aug 21, 2026 | 119 m | 21.1°C | 97 m |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 316 m | 21.0°C | 185 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
185 m
Deepest dive
5:04
Longest dive
49
Dives
41 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
56
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 (316 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 22, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 316 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 21.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 119 m – 316 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.3°C – 21.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 17.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.