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Tonga

Siale's mom – Residency

5th sighting in Tonga
Fluke of Siale's mom
Siale's mom Confirmed in the catalog @62280
Aug 6 – Sep 14, 2026 · Tonga

Ha'apai, Sheltered Water Again

Weeks in these pale shallows, my old companion drifting right beside us.

53 m
Deepest dive
2:03
Longest dive
8
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
39

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 6, 2026-7 m23.3°C—
Sep 14, 2026290 m—53 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 6, 2026 — seafloor -7 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Aug 6Sep 14, 2026 — seafloor 290 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Sep 14

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

Dives

53 m
Deepest dive
2:03
Longest dive
8
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
39
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010053 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (290 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 · Sep 14, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
290 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
—

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-7 m – 290 m
Sea-surface temperature
23.3°C
Distance from shore
1.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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