Smuilen – Residency
6th sighting in Chatham Strait
Smuilen @26843
Jul 31 – Aug 28, 2019 · Chatham Strait
Chatham Strait · Jul – Aug 2019
338 m
Deepest dive
11:28
Longest dive
56
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 27
- Deepest dive on record
- 338 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2019 | 91 m | 12.1°C | 39 m |
| Jul 31, 2019 | 87 m | 12.1°C | 40 m |
| Aug 2, 2019 | 439 m | 13.5°C | 338 m |
| Aug 24, 2019 | 117 m | 12.0°C | 106 m |
| Aug 28, 2019 | 93 m | 11.6°C | 83 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
338 m
Deepest dive
11:28
Longest dive
56
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
27
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 (439 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 2, 2019
measured- Seafloor depth
- 439 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 87 m – 439 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 11.6°C – 13.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.