161374 – Residency
6th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
161374 @161374
Jun 21 – Aug 9, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
This Channel's Mine
Found the feed, kept finding it, kept showing up for it.
127 m
Deepest dive
3:36
Longest dive
74
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 49
- Deepest dive on record
- 127 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 21, 2026 | 75 m | 17.6°C | 21 m |
| Jun 21, 2026 | 64 m | 17.2°C | 38 m |
| Jun 24, 2026 | 178 m | 17.5°C | 127 m |
| Jul 10, 2026 | 243 m | 18.4°C | 72 m |
| Jul 26, 2026 | 317 m | 21.2°C | 69 m |
| Aug 9, 2026 | 105 m | 21.7°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
127 m
Deepest dive
3:36
Longest dive
74
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
6
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 (178 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 24, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 178 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 17.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 64 m – 317 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.2°C – 21.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 17.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.