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South Africa

HW-MN0804846 – Residency

2nd sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0804846
HW-MN0804846 Confirmed in the catalog @133311
Jan 13 – 25, 2025 · South Africa

South Africa · Jan 2025

45 m
Deepest dive
1:49
Longest dive
18
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
12

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 13, 202576 m—36 m
Jan 25, 202569 m—45 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 13, 2025 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jan 13Jan 25, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Jan 25

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

Dives

45 m
Deepest dive
1:49
Longest dive
18
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
12
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255045 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (69 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 25, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
69 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
69 m – 76 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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