CRC-12204 – Residency
15th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
CRC-12204 @60
Jul 2 – 10, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Channel Feed, July Edition
Warm shelf, easy feed, boats drifting by — my kind of summer.
173 m
Deepest dive
7:16
Longest dive
11
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 8
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2026 | 340 m | 17.3°C | 41 m |
| Jul 10, 2026 | 361 m | 18.7°C | 173 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
173 m
Deepest dive
7:16
Longest dive
11
Dives
39 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
8
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 (361 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jul 10, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 361 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 340 m – 361 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.3°C – 18.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 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.