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South Africa

HW-MN0804385 – Residency

7th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0804385
HW-MN0804385 Confirmed in the catalog @130037
Nov 29, 2024 – Feb 20, 2025 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov 2024 – Feb 2025

57 m
Deepest dive
2:33
Longest dive
87
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
83

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 29, 202493 m—47 m
Dec 3, 202457 m—49 m
Dec 4, 202468 m—48 m
Dec 17, 202471 m—57 m
Jan 5, 202567 m—51 m
Feb 19, 202545 m—41 m
Feb 20, 202549 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 29, 2024 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Nov 29Dec 3, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Dec 3Dec 4, 2024 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Dec 4Dec 17, 2024 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Dec 17Jan 5, 2025 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Jan 5Feb 19, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Feb 19Feb 20, 2025 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Feb 20

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

Dives

57 m
Deepest dive
2:33
Longest dive
87
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
83
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010057 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (71 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 17, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
71 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
13.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m – 93 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 13.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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