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South Africa

HW-MN0805684 – Residency

5th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0805684
HW-MN0805684 Confirmed in the catalog @149796
Dec 11, 2025 – Feb 7, 2026 · South Africa

South Africa · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026

64 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
43
Dives
Sightings
5
Days between first and last sighting
58
Deepest dive on record
64 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 11, 202537 m—31 m
Dec 11, 202537 m—33 m
Jan 2, 202683 m15.8°C64 m
Jan 2, 202698 m17.0°C36 m
Feb 7, 202681 m16.8°C31 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 11, 2025 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Dec 11Dec 11, 2025 — seafloor 37 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Dec 11Jan 2, 2026 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jan 2Jan 2, 2026 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jan 2Feb 7, 2026 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Feb 7

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

Dives

64 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
43
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
58
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010064 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (83 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 2, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
83 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.8°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 5 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
37 m – 98 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.8°C – 17.0°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 9.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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