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South Africa

HW-MN0802863 – Residency

6th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0802863
HW-MN0802863 Confirmed in the catalog @110138
Dec 29, 2023 – Feb 18, 2024 · South Africa

South Africa · Dec 2023 – Feb 2024

79 m
Deepest dive
2:39
Longest dive
69
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
51
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)
Dec 29, 2023123 m—79 m
Jan 6, 202461 m—47 m
Jan 7, 202490 m—32 m
Jan 21, 202485 m—18 m
Jan 26, 202490 m—31 m
Feb 18, 202480 m—60 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 29, 2023 — seafloor 123 m (measured), deepest dive 79 m (modelled)Dec 29Jan 6, 2024 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jan 6Jan 7, 2024 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jan 7Jan 21, 2024 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Jan 21Jan 26, 2024 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jan 26Feb 18, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Feb 18

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

Dives

79 m
Deepest dive
2:39
Longest dive
69
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
51
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010079 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (123 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 · Dec 29, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
123 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
61 m – 123 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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