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South Africa

HW-MN0804304 – Residency

2nd sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0804304
HW-MN0804304 Confirmed in the catalog @127749
Nov 7, 2024 – Jan 5, 2025 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov 2024 – Jan 2025

44 m
Deepest dive
2:46
Longest dive
13
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
59
Deepest dive on record
44 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 7, 202455 m—27 m
Jan 5, 202584 m—44 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Nov 7, 2024 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Nov 7Jan 5, 2025 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Jan 5

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

Dives

44 m
Deepest dive
2:46
Longest dive
13
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
59
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255044 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (84 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 5, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
84 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
55 m – 84 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 7.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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