HW-MN0504119 – Residency
5th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
HW-MN0504119 @159244
May 23 – Sep 19, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
One Long Summer Stretch
Warm water, easy crossings, and the same two whales surfacing beside me all season.
194 m
Deepest dive
5:06
Longest dive
67
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 119
- Deepest dive on record
- 194 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 180 m | 16.0°C | 67 m |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 122 m | 19.3°C | 92 m |
| Jul 16, 2026 | 249 m | 19.8°C | 194 m |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 90 m | 21.7°C | 47 m |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 586 m | — | 76 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
194 m
Deepest dive
5:06
Longest dive
67
Dives
34 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
119
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 (249 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 16, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 249 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 19.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 13.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 90 m – 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.0°C – 21.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 13.0 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.