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South Africa

HW-MN0805767 – Residency

7th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0805767
HW-MN0805767 Confirmed in the catalog @150383
Oct 22, 2025 – Jan 17, 2026 · South Africa

South Africa · Oct 2025 – Jan 2026

73 m
Deepest dive
3:15
Longest dive
61
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
87
Deepest dive on record
73 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Oct 22, 202569 m—39 m
Dec 27, 202562 m—49 m
Dec 28, 202581 m—20 m
Dec 30, 202562 m—33 m
Dec 30, 202546 m—41 m
Dec 31, 202545 m—31 m
Jan 17, 202682 m14.1°C73 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Oct 22, 2025 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Oct 22Dec 27, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Dec 27Dec 28, 2025 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Dec 28Dec 30, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Dec 30Dec 30, 2025 — seafloor 46 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Dec 30Dec 31, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Dec 31Jan 17, 2026 — seafloor 82 m (measured), deepest dive 73 m (modelled)Jan 17

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

Dives

73 m
Deepest dive
3:15
Longest dive
61
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
87
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010073 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (82 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 17, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
82 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m – 82 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 10.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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