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South Africa

HW-MN0805922 – Residency

7th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0805922
HW-MN0805922 Confirmed in the catalog @150837
Dec 27, 2025 – Jan 29, 2026 · South Africa

South Africa · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026

78 m
Deepest dive
2:45
Longest dive
69
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
33
Deepest dive on record
78 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 27, 202562 m—54 m
Dec 29, 202545 m—40 m
Jan 5, 202663 m14.8°C48 m
Jan 5, 202665 m14.8°C53 m
Jan 6, 202693 m15.2°C78 m
Jan 7, 2026132 m18.3°C23 m
Jan 29, 202664 m14.7°C30 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 27, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Dec 27Dec 29, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Dec 29Jan 5, 2026 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jan 5Jan 5, 2026 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Jan 5Jan 6, 2026 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Jan 6Jan 7, 2026 — seafloor 132 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Jan 7Jan 29, 2026 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jan 29

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

Dives

78 m
Deepest dive
2:45
Longest dive
69
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
33
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010078 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (93 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 6, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
93 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.2°C
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
45 m – 132 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.7°C – 18.3°C
Distance from shore
3.0 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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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