Yin-Yang – Residency
4th sighting in South Africa
Yin-Yang @54200
Dec 17 – 31, 2024 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024
49 m
Deepest dive
2:29
Longest dive
48
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 14
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2024 | 70 m | — | 49 m |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 50 m | — | 43 m |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 77 m | — | 48 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
49 m
Deepest dive
2:29
Longest dive
48
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
14
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 (70 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 17, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 70 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 50 m – 77 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.