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South Africa

HW-MN0804362 – Residency

18th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0804362
HW-MN0804362 Confirmed in the catalog @129051
Nov 11, 2025 – Jan 5, 2026 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026

68 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
95
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
55
Deepest dive on record
68 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 11, 2025-1 m——
Nov 29, 2025223 m—36 m
Dec 27, 202562 m—38 m
Dec 28, 202561 m—47 m
Dec 28, 202581 m—68 m
Dec 30, 202538 m—35 m
Dec 30, 202546 m—37 m
Dec 31, 202545 m—29 m
Jan 5, 202665 m14.4°C54 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 11, 2025 — seafloor -1 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Nov 11Nov 29, 2025 — seafloor 223 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Nov 29Dec 27, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 38 m (modelled)Dec 27Dec 28, 2025 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Dec 28Dec 28, 2025 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Dec 28Dec 30, 2025 — seafloor 38 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Dec 30Dec 30, 2025 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Dec 30Dec 31, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Dec 31Jan 5, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jan 5

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

Dives

68 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
95
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
55
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010068 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (81 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 · Dec 28, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
81 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-1 m – 223 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 34.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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