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South Africa

HW-MN0802790 – Residency

5th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0802790
HW-MN0802790 Confirmed in the catalog @108951
Nov 3 – Dec 31, 2024 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov – Dec 2024

69 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
46
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
58

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 3, 202457 m—48 m
Nov 8, 202477 m—69 m
Dec 29, 2024-4 m——
Dec 31, 202477 m—58 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 3, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Nov 3Nov 8, 2024 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Nov 8Dec 29, 2024 — seafloor -4 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Dec 29Dec 31, 2024 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Dec 31

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

Dives

69 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
46
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
58
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010069 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (77 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 8, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
77 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
21.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-4 m – 77 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 21.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 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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