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South Africa

HW-MN0804322 – Residency

22nd sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0804322
HW-MN0804322 Confirmed in the catalog @127767
Nov 27, 2025 – Jan 5, 2026 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026

74 m
Deepest dive
2:52
Longest dive
167
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
39

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 27, 202531 m—28 m
Dec 21, 202564 m—57 m
Dec 30, 202546 m—39 m
Dec 31, 202545 m—39 m
Dec 31, 202562 m—33 m
Jan 2, 202682 m15.6°C64 m
Jan 5, 202663 m14.8°C56 m
Jan 5, 202665 m14.8°C29 m
Jan 5, 202682 m14.8°C74 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 27, 2025 — seafloor 31 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Nov 27Dec 21, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Dec 21Dec 30, 2025 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Dec 30Dec 31, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Dec 31Dec 31, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Dec 31Jan 2, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jan 2Jan 5, 2026 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jan 5Jan 5, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Jan 5Jan 5, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jan 5

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

Dives

74 m
Deepest dive
2:52
Longest dive
167
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
39
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010074 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (82 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

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Deep

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Place

Where this happened · Jan 5, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
82 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
31 m – 82 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C – 15.6°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 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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