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South Africa

HW-MN0802920 – Residency

7th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0802920
HW-MN0802920 Confirmed in the catalog @110656
Dec 4, 2024 – Feb 12, 2025 · South Africa

South Africa · Dec 2024 – Feb 2025

84 m
Deepest dive
2:30
Longest dive
61
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
70
Deepest dive on record
84 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 4, 202457 m—46 m
Jan 13, 202596 m—84 m
Jan 18, 202586 m—52 m
Feb 12, 202562 m—51 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 4, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Dec 4Jan 13, 2025 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Jan 13Jan 18, 2025 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Jan 18Feb 12, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Feb 12

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

Dives

84 m
Deepest dive
2:30
Longest dive
61
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
70
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010084 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 13, 2025

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

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
57 m – 96 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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