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South Africa

HW-MN0804604 – Residency

10th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0804604
HW-MN0804604 Confirmed in the catalog @132690
Dec 17, 2024 – Jan 19, 2025 · South Africa

South Africa · Dec 2024 – Jan 2025

77 m
Deepest dive
2:55
Longest dive
111
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
33
Deepest dive on record
77 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 17, 202469 m—40 m
Dec 24, 2024-2 m——
Dec 29, 202450 m—43 m
Dec 31, 202477 m—53 m
Jan 5, 202584 m—77 m
Jan 8, 202596 m—61 m
Jan 17, 2025-8 m——
Jan 18, 202566 m—59 m
Jan 18, 202564 m—45 m
Jan 19, 202563 m—41 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 17, 2024 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Dec 17Dec 24, 2024 — seafloor -2 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Dec 24Dec 29, 2024 — seafloor 50 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Dec 29Dec 31, 2024 — seafloor 77 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Dec 31Jan 5, 2025 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jan 5Jan 8, 2025 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Jan 8Jan 17, 2025 — seafloor -8 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Jan 17Jan 18, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Jan 18Jan 18, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jan 18Jan 19, 2025 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jan 19

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

Dives

77 m
Deepest dive
2:55
Longest dive
111
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
33
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010077 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 5, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
84 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-8 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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