Smuilen – Residency
17th sighting in Chatham Strait
Smuilen @26843
Jun 3 – Sep 18, 2023 · Chatham Strait
Chatham Strait · Jun – Sep 2023
57 m
Deepest dive
2:26
Longest dive
92
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 107
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2023 | 49 m | 8.6°C | 32 m |
| Jun 21, 2023 | 71 m | 9.8°C | 51 m |
| Jun 26, 2023 | 118 m | 10.9°C | 57 m |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 62 m | 12.2°C | 33 m |
| Jul 4, 2023 | 36 m | 11.9°C | 27 m |
| Jul 26, 2023 | 52 m | 13.0°C | 28 m |
| Sep 18, 2023 | 34 m | 10.4°C | 29 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
57 m
Deepest dive
2:26
Longest dive
92
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
107
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 (118 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jun 26, 2023
measured- Seafloor depth
- 118 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 10.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 34 m – 118 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 8.6°C – 13.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.