Twitch – Residency
5th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
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Aug 10 – Oct 8, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel
Santa Barbara Channel · Aug – Oct 2025
166 m
Deepest dive
6:48
Longest dive
66
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 59
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2025 | 62 m | 20.6°C | 44 m |
| Sep 6, 2025 | 146 m | 21.1°C | 69 m |
| Sep 23, 2025 | 319 m | 21.8°C | 166 m |
| Oct 5, 2025 | 701 m | 19.7°C | 72 m |
| Oct 8, 2025 | 418 m | 19.9°C | 159 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
166 m
Deepest dive
6:48
Longest dive
66
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
59
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 (319 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 23, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 319 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 21.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 62 m – 701 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 19.7°C – 21.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km – 18.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.