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South Africa

HW-MN0806135 – Residency

3rd sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0806135
HW-MN0806135 Confirmed in the catalog @151633
Jan 30 – Feb 10, 2026 · South Africa

South Africa · Jan – Feb 2026

69 m
Deepest dive
2:37
Longest dive
43
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
11
Deepest dive on record
69 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 30, 202634 m14.6°C30 m
Feb 7, 202681 m16.8°C69 m
Feb 10, 202675 m16.2°C52 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 30, 2026 — seafloor 34 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Jan 30Feb 7, 2026 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Feb 7Feb 10, 2026 — seafloor 75 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Feb 10

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

Dives

69 m
Deepest dive
2:37
Longest dive
43
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
11
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010069 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (81 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 7, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
81 m
Sea-surface temperature
16.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
34 m – 81 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.6°C – 16.8°C
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 8.0 km

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

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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