CRC-19855 – Residency
22nd sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
CRC-19855 @73818
May 13 – Jun 24, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Cold Water, Good Company
Early summer, deep green channel, that one pair of eyes finding me once more.
172 m
Deepest dive
6:28
Longest dive
58
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 41
- Deepest dive on record
- 172 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2026 | 302 m | 15.8°C | 49 m |
| May 15, 2026 | 186 m | 14.9°C | 144 m |
| May 16, 2026 | 370 m | 14.7°C | 60 m |
| May 24, 2026 | 586 m | 15.3°C | 136 m |
| Jun 24, 2026 | 221 m | 17.3°C | 172 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
172 m
Deepest dive
6:28
Longest dive
58
Dives
42 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
41
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 (221 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 24, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 221 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 186 m – 586 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.7°C – 17.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km – 15.0 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.