HW-MN0503993 – Residency
5th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
HW-MN0503993 @149271
Jul 9 – 13, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Channel days, warm water
Islands one side, haze the other—found my crowd again this month.
110 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
32
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 4
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | 161 m | 18.5°C | 110 m |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 353 m | 18.9°C | 80 m |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 128 m | 19.5°C | 66 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
110 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
32
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
4
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 (161 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 9, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 161 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 128 m – 353 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.5°C – 19.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km – 19.0 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.