Kink – Residency
8th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Kink @59890
Mar 11 – May 15, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Green Water Season
Spring in the channel, feeding lanes thick with lunch and old friends nearby.
145 m
Deepest dive
5:55
Longest dive
69
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 65
- Deepest dive on record
- 145 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2026 | 180 m | 15.0°C | 145 m |
| Apr 19, 2026 | 95 m | 15.8°C | 72 m |
| Apr 24, 2026 | 380 m | 15.4°C | 127 m |
| May 15, 2026 | 205 m | 14.9°C | 103 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
145 m
Deepest dive
5:55
Longest dive
69
Dives
30 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
65
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 (180 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 11, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 180 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 13.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 95 m – 380 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.9°C – 15.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km – 17.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.