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South Africa

HW-MN0804975 – Residency

2nd sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0804975
HW-MN0804975 Confirmed in the catalog @135224
Feb 1 – 20, 2025 · South Africa

South Africa · Feb 2025

72 m
Deepest dive
3:53
Longest dive
18
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
19
Deepest dive on record
72 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Feb 1, 202595 m—72 m
Feb 20, 202549 m—29 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Feb 1, 2025 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 72 m (modelled)Feb 1Feb 20, 2025 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Feb 20

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

Dives

72 m
Deepest dive
3:53
Longest dive
18
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
19
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010072 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (95 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 · Feb 1, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
95 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
49 m – 95 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 11.0 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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