Smuilen – Residency
13th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Smuilen @26843
Mar 20 – 27, 2022 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Mar 2022
49 m
Deepest dive
2:15
Longest dive
68
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 8
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2022 | 60 m | 4.7°C | 31 m |
| Mar 20, 2022 | 62 m | 4.7°C | 49 m |
| Mar 21, 2022 | 47 m | 4.9°C | 38 m |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 25 m | 5.4°C | 22 m |
| Mar 26, 2022 | 27 m | 5.4°C | 24 m |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 42 m | 5.4°C | 37 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
49 m
Deepest dive
2:15
Longest dive
68
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
8
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 (62 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 20, 2022
measured- Seafloor depth
- 62 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 4.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 25 m – 62 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 4.7°C – 5.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 4.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.