Smuilen – Residency
8th sighting in Au'au Channel
Smuilen @26843
Dec 14 – 19, 2025 · Au'au Channel
Au'au Channel · Dec 2025
28 m
Deepest dive
1:24
Longest dive
15
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 5
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2025 | 67 m | 25.9°C | 26 m |
| Dec 19, 2025 | 36 m | 25.9°C | 28 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
28 m
Deepest dive
1:24
Longest dive
15
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
5
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 (36 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 19, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 36 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 25.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 36 m – 67 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 25.9°C – 25.9°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.