Blingy – Residency
28th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Blingy @310
Feb 1 – Jul 10, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Green Water, Green Season
Anchovy's thick, the channel's mine, spring's doing exactly what it should.
170 m
Deepest dive
7:35
Longest dive
57
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 159
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2026 | 192 m | 16.2°C | 55 m |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 269 m | 16.1°C | 66 m |
| Apr 14, 2026 | 291 m | 17.7°C | 105 m |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 134 m | 17.9°C | 88 m |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 391 m | 16.8°C | 170 m |
| Jul 10, 2026 | 243 m | 18.4°C | 100 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
170 m
Deepest dive
7:35
Longest dive
57
Dives
32 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
159
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 (391 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 4, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 391 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 134 m – 391 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.1°C – 18.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km – 16.0 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.