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South Africa

HW-MN0804440 – Residency

6th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0804440
HW-MN0804440 Confirmed in the catalog @131866
Dec 3, 2024 – Feb 20, 2025 · South Africa

South Africa · Dec 2024 – Feb 2025

50 m
Deepest dive
2:21
Longest dive
79
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
79

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 3, 202486 m—50 m
Dec 4, 202439 m—25 m
Jan 14, 202554 m—47 m
Feb 8, 202556 m—49 m
Feb 19, 202545 m—41 m
Feb 20, 202549 m—26 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 3, 2024 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Dec 3Dec 4, 2024 — seafloor 39 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Dec 4Jan 14, 2025 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jan 14Feb 8, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Feb 8Feb 19, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Feb 19Feb 20, 2025 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Feb 20

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

Dives

50 m
Deepest dive
2:21
Longest dive
79
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
79
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010050 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (86 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 3, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
86 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
39 m – 86 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 5.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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