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South Africa

HW-MN0804574 – Residency

7th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0804574
HW-MN0804574 Confirmed in the catalog @132285
Dec 15, 2024 – Jan 22, 2025 · South Africa

South Africa · Dec 2024 – Jan 2025

63 m
Deepest dive
2:24
Longest dive
74
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
38

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 15, 202469 m—63 m
Dec 19, 202482 m—52 m
Jan 5, 202584 m—56 m
Jan 13, 202561 m—37 m
Jan 14, 202566 m—53 m
Jan 19, 202559 m—42 m
Jan 22, 2025141 m—33 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 15, 2024 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Dec 15Dec 19, 2024 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Dec 19Jan 5, 2025 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Jan 5Jan 13, 2025 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 37 m (modelled)Jan 13Jan 14, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jan 14Jan 19, 2025 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jan 19Jan 22, 2025 — seafloor 141 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Jan 22

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

Dives

63 m
Deepest dive
2:24
Longest dive
74
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
38
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010063 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (69 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 15, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
69 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
6.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
59 m – 141 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 18.0 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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