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South Africa

HW-MN0804345 – Residency

12th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0804345
HW-MN0804345 Confirmed in the catalog @128337
Nov 17, 2024 – Mar 3, 2025 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov 2024 – Mar 2025

56 m
Deepest dive
2:16
Longest dive
91
Dives
Sightings
12
Days between first and last sighting
106
Deepest dive on record
56 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 17, 202419 m—17 m
Nov 24, 202455 m—48 m
Nov 24, 202446 m—34 m
Nov 25, 202453 m—41 m
Dec 3, 202467 m—50 m
Dec 29, 202422 m—14 m
Jan 17, 202564 m—56 m
Jan 18, 202566 m—19 m
Jan 23, 202558 m—38 m
Jan 25, 202569 m—35 m
Feb 20, 202549 m—38 m
Mar 3, 202572 m—38 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 17, 2024 — seafloor 19 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Nov 17Nov 24, 2024 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Nov 24Nov 24, 2024 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Nov 24Nov 25, 2024 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Nov 25Dec 3, 2024 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Dec 3Dec 29, 2024 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Dec 29Jan 17, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jan 17Jan 18, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Jan 18Jan 23, 2025 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Jan 23Jan 25, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jan 25Feb 20, 2025 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Feb 20Mar 3, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Mar 3

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

Dives

56 m
Deepest dive
2:16
Longest dive
91
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
12
Sightings
106
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010056 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (64 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 17, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
64 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 12 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
19 m – 72 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 8.0 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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