X-Ray 2024 – Residency
8th sighting in South Africa
X-Ray 2024 @126298
Aug 12 – Nov 23, 2024 · South Africa
South Africa · Aug – Nov 2024
34 m
Deepest dive
2:23
Longest dive
46
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 103
- Deepest dive on record
- 34 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2024 | 44 m | — | 34 m |
| Sep 23, 2024 | 8 m | — | 7 m |
| Oct 4, 2024 | -25 m | — | — |
| Oct 10, 2024 | -12 m | — | — |
| Oct 17, 2024 | 22 m | — | 19 m |
| Nov 5, 2024 | -56 m | — | — |
| Nov 22, 2024 | 39 m | — | 34 m |
| Nov 23, 2024 | 11 m | — | 10 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
34 m
Deepest dive
2:23
Longest dive
46
Dives
12 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
103
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (39 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Nov 22, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 39 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- -56 m – 44 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 4.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.