CRC-12530 – Residency
8th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
CRC-12530 @2490
Mar 10 – Apr 10, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Channel, easy and mild
Shore in sight, shoulders close, spring feels good here.
120 m
Deepest dive
4:28
Longest dive
33
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 31
- Deepest dive on record
- 120 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | 128 m | 14.7°C | 50 m |
| Apr 10, 2026 | 523 m | 15.7°C | 120 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
120 m
Deepest dive
4:28
Longest dive
33
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
31
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 (523 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Apr 10, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 523 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 128 m – 523 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.7°C – 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.