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South Africa

HW-MN0804118 – Residency

7th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0804118
HW-MN0804118 Confirmed in the catalog @125396
Sep 4 – Nov 9, 2024 · South Africa

South Africa · Sep – Nov 2024

48 m
Deepest dive
2:06
Longest dive
92
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
66
Deepest dive on record
48 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 4, 202454 m—28 m
Sep 5, 202443 m—38 m
Sep 12, 202455 m—48 m
Oct 23, 202444 m—34 m
Oct 24, 202423 m—21 m
Oct 31, 202447 m—43 m
Nov 9, 202417 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
Sep 4, 2024 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Sep 4Sep 5, 2024 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 12, 2024 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Sep 12Oct 23, 2024 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Oct 23Oct 24, 2024 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Oct 24Oct 31, 2024 — seafloor 47 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Oct 31Nov 9, 2024 — seafloor 17 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Nov 9

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

Dives

48 m
Deepest dive
2:06
Longest dive
92
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
66
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255048 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (55 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 · Sep 12, 2024

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

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
17 m – 55 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 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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