Wally – Residency
22nd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
Wally @65251
Feb 21 – Sep 21, 2025 · Santa Barbara Channel
Santa Barbara Channel · Feb – Sep 2025
162 m
Deepest dive
5:22
Longest dive
153
Dives
- Sightings
- 9
- Days between first and last sighting
- 212
- Deepest dive on record
- 162 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 2025 | 131 m | — | 42 m |
| Feb 23, 2025 | 96 m | — | 50 m |
| Mar 5, 2025 | 192 m | — | 96 m |
| Apr 27, 2025 | 586 m | — | 162 m |
| Jul 4, 2025 | 232 m | — | 62 m |
| Jul 13, 2025 | 184 m | — | 104 m |
| Sep 17, 2025 | 123 m | — | 53 m |
| Sep 19, 2025 | 42 m | — | 38 m |
| Sep 21, 2025 | 118 m | — | 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
162 m
Deepest dive
5:22
Longest dive
153
Dives
29 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
212
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.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Apr 27, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 15.0 km
Across the residency · 9 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 42 m – 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.