Kulea – Residency
16th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Kulea @572
Jun 19 – Jul 11, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Deep Green and Full of Krill
Krill's thick, water's cool, this channel's mine every early summer.
55 m
Deepest dive
2:11
Longest dive
30
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 22
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | 73 m | 17.5°C | 53 m |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 393 m | 18.8°C | 55 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
55 m
Deepest dive
2:11
Longest dive
30
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
22
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 (393 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 11, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 393 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 13.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 73 m – 393 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.5°C – 18.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.