CRC-20731 – Residency
15th sighting in Santa Barbara Channel
CRC-20731 @82307
May 6 – 10, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel
Fifth Spring, Same Water
Five springs deep in this channel and it still finds me.
143 m
Deepest dive
4:01
Longest dive
30
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 4
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 59 m | 14.6°C | 36 m |
| May 10, 2026 | 177 m | 14.8°C | 143 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
143 m
Deepest dive
4:01
Longest dive
30
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
4
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 (177 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · May 10, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 177 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 59 m – 177 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.6°C – 14.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.