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South Africa

HW-MN0804414 – Residency

10th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0804414
HW-MN0804414 Confirmed in the catalog @130259
Nov 30, 2024 – Jan 25, 2025 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov 2024 – Jan 2025

57 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
148
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
56
Deepest dive on record
57 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 30, 202480 m—48 m
Dec 2, 202459 m—54 m
Dec 4, 202439 m—31 m
Dec 11, 202460 m—44 m
Dec 12, 202441 m—35 m
Dec 17, 202469 m—42 m
Dec 31, 202477 m—57 m
Jan 8, 202596 m—30 m
Jan 19, 202554 m—40 m
Jan 25, 202569 m—50 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 30, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Nov 30Dec 2, 2024 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Dec 2Dec 4, 2024 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Dec 4Dec 11, 2024 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Dec 11Dec 12, 2024 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Dec 12Dec 17, 2024 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Dec 17Dec 31, 2024 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Dec 31Jan 8, 2025 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jan 8Jan 19, 2025 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Jan 19Jan 25, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jan 25

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

Dives

57 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
148
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
56
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 (77 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 31, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
77 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
39 m – 96 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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