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South Africa

HW-MN0804761 – Residency

2nd sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0804761
HW-MN0804761 Confirmed in the catalog @132963
Jan 14, 2026 · South Africa

South Africa · Jan 2026

28 m
Deepest dive
1:53
Longest dive
9
Dives
Sightings
1
Days between first and last sighting
Same day

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 14, 202637 m15.7°C28 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jan 14, 2026 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Jan 14

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

Dives

28 m
Deepest dive
1:53
Longest dive
9
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
1
Sightings
Same day
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
0255028 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (37 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 14, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
37 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.7°C
Distance from shore
7.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 1 catalogued encounter on Happywhale.

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