Stump – Residency
87th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Stump @559
May 11 – Oct 9, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel
Channel Regular
Five months in my favorite neighborhood, still finding reasons to stick around.
124 m
Deepest dive
5:28
Longest dive
55
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 151
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2025 | 81 m | 16.2°C | 54 m |
| May 26, 2025 | 586 m | 15.0°C | 124 m |
| Jul 28, 2025 | 586 m | 17.4°C | 51 m |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 188 m | 19.5°C | 110 m |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 173 m | 19.6°C | 70 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
124 m
Deepest dive
5:28
Longest dive
55
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
151
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 26, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 15.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 81 m – 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.0°C – 19.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 17.0 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.