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South Africa

HW-MN0804377 – Residency

19th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0804377
HW-MN0804377 Confirmed in the catalog @130029
Nov 27, 2025 – Feb 17, 2026 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov 2025 – Feb 2026

56 m
Deepest dive
2:15
Longest dive
104
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
82

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 27, 202529 m—21 m
Dec 4, 202572 m—34 m
Dec 28, 202581 m—48 m
Dec 29, 202561 m—45 m
Dec 29, 202545 m—37 m
Dec 30, 202543 m—37 m
Dec 30, 202546 m—28 m
Jan 6, 202660 m14.8°C54 m
Feb 17, 202670 m15.9°C56 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 29 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Nov 27Dec 4, 2025 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Dec 4Dec 28, 2025 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Dec 28Dec 29, 2025 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Dec 29Dec 29, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Dec 29Dec 30, 2025 — seafloor 43 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Dec 30Dec 30, 2025 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Dec 30Jan 6, 2026 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jan 6Feb 17, 2026 — seafloor 70 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Feb 17

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

Dives

56 m
Deepest dive
2:15
Longest dive
104
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
82
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010056 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (70 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 · Feb 17, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
70 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.9°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
29 m – 81 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.8°C – 15.9°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 10.0 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.

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