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South Africa

Foxtrot Bravo 2024 – Residency

12th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of Foxtrot Bravo 2024
Foxtrot Bravo 2024 Confirmed in the catalog @126105
Sep 5 – Oct 29, 2024 · South Africa

South Africa · Sep – Oct 2024

38 m
Deepest dive
1:42
Longest dive
146
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
54

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 5, 202442 m—38 m
Sep 9, 202441 m—37 m
Sep 14, 202439 m—23 m
Sep 23, 202442 m—34 m
Oct 4, 2024-24 m——
Oct 10, 202410 m—7 m
Oct 16, 202417 m—15 m
Oct 23, 2024-9 m——
Oct 24, 202419 m—17 m
Oct 25, 202410 m—9 m
Oct 26, 20249 m—7 m
Oct 29, 20247 m—6 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 5, 2024 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Sep 5Sep 9, 2024 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Sep 9Sep 14, 2024 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Sep 14Sep 23, 2024 — seafloor 42 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Sep 23Oct 4, 2024 — seafloor -24 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 4Oct 10, 2024 — seafloor 10 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)Oct 10Oct 16, 2024 — seafloor 17 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Oct 16Oct 23, 2024 — seafloor -9 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Oct 23Oct 24, 2024 — seafloor 19 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Oct 24Oct 25, 2024 — seafloor 10 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Oct 25Oct 26, 2024 — seafloor 9 m (measured), deepest dive 7 m (modelled)Oct 26Oct 29, 2024 — seafloor 7 m (measured), deepest dive 6 m (modelled)Oct 29

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

Dives

38 m
Deepest dive
1:42
Longest dive
146
Dives
11 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
54
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255038 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (42 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 5, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
42 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-24 m – 42 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 12 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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