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South Africa

Foxtrot Bravo 2024 – Residency

29th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of Foxtrot Bravo 2024
Foxtrot Bravo 2024 Confirmed in the catalog @126105
Jul 12, 2025 – Jan 5, 2026 · South Africa

South Africa · Jul 2025 – Jan 2026

97 m
Deepest dive
3:09
Longest dive
207
Dives
Sightings
17
Days between first and last sighting
177
Deepest dive on record
97 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 12, 202526 m—21 m
Jul 28, 202520 m—17 m
Aug 6, 202529 m—23 m
Aug 7, 202523 m—19 m
Aug 10, 202522 m—17 m
Aug 11, 202523 m—20 m
Aug 12, 202520 m—17 m
Aug 13, 202520 m—18 m
Aug 15, 202521 m—19 m
Aug 19, 202521 m—18 m
Aug 21, 202531 m—27 m
Oct 13, 202520 m—15 m
Dec 9, 202524 m—15 m
Dec 27, 2025105 m—97 m
Dec 29, 202545 m—33 m
Dec 31, 202545 m—21 m
Jan 5, 202682 m14.8°C68 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 12, 2025 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jul 12Jul 28, 2025 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2025 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Aug 7, 2025 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Aug 7Aug 10, 2025 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2025 — seafloor 23 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2025 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 13, 2025 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Aug 15, 2025 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Aug 19, 2025 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Aug 19Aug 21, 2025 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Oct 13, 2025 — seafloor 20 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Dec 9, 2025 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 15 m (modelled)Dec 9Dec 27, 2025 — seafloor 105 m (measured), deepest dive 97 m (modelled)Dec 29, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Dec 31, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Dec 31Jan 5, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)

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

Dives

97 m
Deepest dive
3:09
Longest dive
207
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
17
Sightings
177
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010097 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (105 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Dec 27, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
105 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 17 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
20 m – 105 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 17 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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