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South Africa

133019 – Residency

3rd sighting in South Africa
Fluke of 133019
133019 Confirmed in the catalog @133019
Jan 4 – Mar 2, 2025 · South Africa

South Africa · Jan – Mar 2025

47 m
Deepest dive
2:20
Longest dive
28
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
57
Deepest dive on record
47 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 4, 202578 m—47 m
Jan 14, 202554 m—42 m
Mar 2, 202576 m—43 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 4, 2025 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jan 4Jan 14, 2025 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jan 14Mar 2, 2025 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Mar 2

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

Dives

47 m
Deepest dive
2:20
Longest dive
28
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
57
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255047 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (78 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 4, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
78 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
12.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m – 78 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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