CRC-18021 – Residency
5th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
CRC-18021 @24990
Jul 6 – Aug 24, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Channel Feels Like Mine
Warm light, deep lanes, folks keep catching me right where I belong.
93 m
Deepest dive
3:39
Longest dive
28
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 49
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2026 | 362 m | 17.6°C | 93 m |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 47 m | 18.0°C | 40 m |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 134 m | 20.1°C | 62 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
93 m
Deepest dive
3:39
Longest dive
28
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
3
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 (362 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 6, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 362 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 18.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 47 m – 362 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.6°C – 20.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 18.0 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.