Bruce – Residency
17th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Bruce @2468
Oct 18 – 30, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel
October Circles
Same patch, same pull—some waters just keep calling me back.
94 m
Deepest dive
3:32
Longest dive
22
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 12
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2025 | 146 m | 18.8°C | 65 m |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 202 m | 18.2°C | 94 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
94 m
Deepest dive
3:32
Longest dive
22
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
12
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 (202 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 30, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 202 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 15.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 146 m – 202 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.2°C – 18.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km – 15.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.