Flip – Residency
12th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Flip @45579
Aug 15 – Oct 9, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel
Santa Barbara Channel · Aug – Oct 2025
120 m
Deepest dive
3:57
Longest dive
25
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 55
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2025 | 521 m | — | 45 m |
| Aug 16, 2025 | 308 m | — | 120 m |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 137 m | — | 67 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
120 m
Deepest dive
3:57
Longest dive
25
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
55
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 (308 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 16, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 308 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 14.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 137 m – 521 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 14.0 km – 17.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.