Sauron (Nicaragua) @172
North Pacific humpback. Catalogued since 1998.
Santa Barbara Channel · North Pacific
20 Following 17 Followers35
Sightings
29
Years
0
Crossings
Sightings by year
1998 – 20261998
2005
2012
2019
’26
Season Trends
DeepEffort across the feeding and breeding grounds, year over year.
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3 earnedFirst of the Year
Multi-Decade Veteran
3 Bays Visited
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Pods
20 followingCRC-15397 @565 since Jul 11, 2026
Pepper's Mom aka Venus @764 since Jul 25, 2025
CRC-15411 @2529 since Jul 25, 2025
CRC-9505 @307 since Sep 4, 2012
CRC-12380 @71 since Aug 4, 2012
Recent activity
Santa Barbara Channel · Jul 2026 Jul 8, 2026 · Santa Barbara Channel — deepest North Atlantic · Dec 2025 Dec 21, 2025 · North Atlantic 19 m deepest· 1:45 longest Monterey Bay · Jul 2025 Jul 25, 2025 · Monterey Bay 30 m deepest· 1:05 longest North Pacific · Sep 2024 Sep 25, 2024 · North Pacific 246 m deepest· 7:31 longest
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