CRC-10995 – Residency
7th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
CRC-10995 @27
May 10 – 24, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Channel's Calling Again
Islands cut the swell, water's cool, feeding's good — I'm staying.
67 m
Deepest dive
2:50
Longest dive
40
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 14
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2026 | 50 m | 17.6°C | 35 m |
| May 16, 2026 | 164 m | 17.6°C | 67 m |
| May 24, 2026 | 586 m | 15.3°C | 56 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
67 m
Deepest dive
2:50
Longest dive
40
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
14
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 (164 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 16, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 164 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 50 m – 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.3°C – 17.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 15.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.