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South Africa

HW-MN0802905 – Residency

8th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0802905
HW-MN0802905 Confirmed in the catalog @110634
Nov 7 – Dec 3, 2024 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov – Dec 2024

53 m
Deepest dive
3:10
Longest dive
58
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
26

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 7, 202455 m—39 m
Nov 17, 202459 m—29 m
Nov 23, 202430 m—23 m
Nov 25, 202453 m—35 m
Nov 28, 202463 m—53 m
Dec 3, 202441 m—14 m
Dec 3, 202458 m—39 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 7, 2024 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Nov 7Nov 17, 2024 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Nov 17Nov 23, 2024 — seafloor 30 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Nov 23Nov 25, 2024 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Nov 25Nov 28, 2024 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Nov 28Dec 3, 2024 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Dec 3Dec 3, 2024 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Dec 3

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

Dives

53 m
Deepest dive
3:10
Longest dive
58
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
26
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010053 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (63 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 28, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
63 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
30 m – 63 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 5.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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