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South Africa

HW-MN0804700 – Residency

8th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0804700
HW-MN0804700 Confirmed in the catalog @132888
Dec 28, 2024 – Mar 28, 2025 · South Africa

South Africa · Dec 2024 – Mar 2025

81 m
Deepest dive
3:02
Longest dive
98
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
90
Deepest dive on record
81 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 28, 202456 m—35 m
Jan 18, 202564 m—50 m
Jan 18, 202554 m—41 m
Jan 25, 202564 m—39 m
Feb 7, 202544 m—39 m
Feb 20, 202549 m—43 m
Feb 21, 202566 m—54 m
Mar 28, 202596 m—81 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 28, 2024 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Dec 28Jan 18, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jan 18Jan 18, 2025 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Jan 18Jan 25, 2025 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jan 25Feb 7, 2025 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Feb 7Feb 20, 2025 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Feb 20Feb 21, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Feb 21Mar 28, 2025 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 81 m (modelled)Mar 28

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

Dives

81 m
Deepest dive
3:02
Longest dive
98
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
90
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010081 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (96 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 · Mar 28, 2025

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

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
44 m – 96 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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