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South Africa

HW-MN0802714 – Residency

8th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0802714
HW-MN0802714 Confirmed in the catalog @107858
Nov 5, 2023 – Feb 20, 2024 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov 2023 – Feb 2024

79 m
Deepest dive
3:39
Longest dive
116
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
107
Deepest dive on record
79 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 5, 202336 m—25 m
Nov 26, 202395 m—59 m
Jan 11, 202494 m—79 m
Jan 11, 202497 m—15 m
Jan 12, 202484 m—72 m
Feb 13, 202472 m—56 m
Feb 18, 202480 m—67 m
Feb 20, 202483 m—71 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 5, 2023 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Nov 5Nov 26, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Nov 26Jan 11, 2024 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Jan 11Jan 11, 2024 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Jan 11Jan 12, 2024 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Jan 12Feb 13, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Feb 13Feb 18, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Feb 18Feb 20, 2024 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Feb 20

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

Dives

79 m
Deepest dive
3:39
Longest dive
116
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
107
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010079 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (94 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 · Jan 11, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
94 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
36 m – 97 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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