Smuilen – Residency
20th sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Smuilen @26843
Mar 20 – 28, 2026 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Chatham Strait, Early Light
Cold water, thin light, the same eye finding me — feels good to be worth watching this long.
39 m
Deepest dive
1:52
Longest dive
41
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- 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, 2026 | 54 m | 5.5°C | 39 m |
| Mar 26, 2026 | 38 m | 5.1°C | 32 m |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 38 m | 4.9°C | 25 m |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 30 m | 5.0°C | 24 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
39 m
Deepest dive
1:52
Longest dive
41
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
4
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 (54 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 20, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 54 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 5.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 30 m – 54 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 4.9°C – 5.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.