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South Africa

HW-MN0802891 – Residency

6th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0802891
HW-MN0802891 Confirmed in the catalog @110492
Jan 2 – 15, 2024 · South Africa

South Africa · Jan 2024

80 m
Deepest dive
3:26
Longest dive
55
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
13
Deepest dive on record
80 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 2, 202479 m—66 m
Jan 7, 202496 m—80 m
Jan 9, 202471 m—33 m
Jan 11, 202496 m—59 m
Jan 13, 202453 m—34 m
Jan 15, 202420 m—16 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jan 2, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jan 2Jan 7, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 80 m (modelled)Jan 7Jan 9, 2024 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jan 9Jan 11, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jan 11Jan 13, 2024 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Jan 13Jan 15, 2024 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Jan 15

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

Dives

80 m
Deepest dive
3:26
Longest dive
55
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
13
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010080 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (96 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 7, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
96 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
20 m – 96 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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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