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Chatham Strait

Smuilen – Residency

13th sighting in Chatham Strait
Fluke of Smuilen
Smuilen Confirmed in the catalog @26843
Jul 16 – Aug 28, 2022 · Chatham Strait

Chatham Strait · Jul – Aug 2022

113 m
Deepest dive
4:37
Longest dive
147
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
43

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 16, 202295 m12.2°C52 m
Jul 19, 202238 m13.6°C34 m
Jul 20, 202250 m13.8°C36 m
Jul 20, 2022182 m13.7°C113 m
Jul 26, 202249 m13.2°C44 m
Aug 4, 2022527 m13.2°C111 m
Aug 4, 2022175 m13.2°C107 m
Aug 4, 202272 m13.4°C34 m
Aug 24, 2022141 m14.2°C60 m
Aug 25, 202270 m13.8°C46 m
Aug 28, 202234 m13.7°C29 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 16, 2022 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jul 16Jul 19, 2022 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jul 19Jul 20, 2022 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 20, 2022 — seafloor 182 m (measured), deepest dive 113 m (modelled)Jul 20Jul 26, 2022 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jul 26Aug 4, 2022 — seafloor 527 m (measured), deepest dive 111 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 4, 2022 — seafloor 175 m (measured), deepest dive 107 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 4, 2022 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Aug 4Aug 24, 2022 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Aug 24Aug 25, 2022 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Aug 25Aug 28, 2022 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Aug 28

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

Dives

113 m
Deepest dive
4:37
Longest dive
147
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
43
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150113 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (182 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 20, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
182 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.7°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
34 m – 527 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.2°C – 14.2°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 6.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 11 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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