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South Africa

HW-MN0804574 – Residency

10th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0804574
HW-MN0804574 Confirmed in the catalog @132285
Dec 30, 2025 – Jan 2, 2026 · South Africa

South Africa · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

66 m
Deepest dive
3:06
Longest dive
53
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
3
Deepest dive on record
66 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 30, 202562 m—43 m
Dec 30, 202526 m—22 m
Jan 2, 202684 m15.6°C66 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 30, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Dec 30Dec 30, 2025 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Dec 30Jan 2, 2026 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Jan 2

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

Dives

66 m
Deepest dive
3:06
Longest dive
53
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
3
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010066 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (84 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 · Jan 2, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
84 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.6°C
Distance from shore
14.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 84 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.6°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km – 14.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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