Luna – Residency
6th sighting in South Africa
Luna @54089
Dec 16, 2020 – Jan 30, 2021 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2020 – Jan 2021
55 m
Deepest dive
2:41
Longest dive
48
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 45
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2020 | 40 m | — | 27 m |
| Jan 9, 2021 | 83 m | — | 44 m |
| Jan 18, 2021 | 83 m | — | 36 m |
| Jan 21, 2021 | 85 m | — | 32 m |
| Jan 23, 2021 | 96 m | — | 53 m |
| Jan 30, 2021 | 63 m | — | 55 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
55 m
Deepest dive
2:41
Longest dive
48
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
45
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (63 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 30, 2021
measured- Seafloor depth
- 63 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 40 m – 96 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.