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Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage

Smuilen – Residency

1st sighting in Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage
Fluke of Smuilen
Smuilen Confirmed in the catalog @26843
Jul 7 – Aug 1, 2021 · Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage

Lynn Canal & Stephens Passage · Jul – Aug 2021

141 m
Deepest dive
4:39
Longest dive
74
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
25

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 7, 2021103 m11.4°C79 m
Jul 21, 2021318 m13.3°C141 m
Aug 1, 202184 m13.9°C69 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 7, 2021 — seafloor 103 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jul 7Jul 21, 2021 — seafloor 318 m (measured), deepest dive 141 m (modelled)Jul 21Aug 1, 2021 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 1

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

141 m
Deepest dive
4:39
Longest dive
74
Dives
31 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
25
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150141 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (318 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Jul 21, 2021

measured
Seafloor depth
318 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
84 m – 318 m
Sea-surface temperature
11.4°C – 13.9°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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