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South Africa

HW-MN0802662 – Residency

2nd sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0802662
HW-MN0802662 Confirmed in the catalog @107427
Nov 1, 2023 – Jan 9, 2024 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov 2023 – Jan 2024

65 m
Deepest dive
2:50
Longest dive
52
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
69
Deepest dive on record
65 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 1, 202372 m—65 m
Dec 10, 202360 m—45 m
Jan 9, 202471 m—42 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Nov 1, 2023 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Nov 1Dec 10, 2023 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Dec 10Jan 9, 2024 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jan 9

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

Dives

65 m
Deepest dive
2:50
Longest dive
52
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
69
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010065 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (72 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 · Nov 1, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
72 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
22.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
60 m – 72 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 22.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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