CRC-9012 – Residency
13th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
CRC-9012 @393
May 24 – Jun 19, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Channel Waters, Early Summer
Cold deep, warm top, good company drifting these headlands with me.
154 m
Deepest dive
4:58
Longest dive
27
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 26
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2026 | 586 m | 15.3°C | 154 m |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 134 m | 17.9°C | 78 m |
| Jun 19, 2026 | 73 m | 17.5°C | 39 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
154 m
Deepest dive
4:58
Longest dive
27
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
26
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 (586 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 24, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 15.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 73 m – 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.3°C – 17.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 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.