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South Africa

HW-MN0800730 – Residency

25th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0800730
HW-MN0800730 Confirmed in the catalog @77037
Nov 7 – Dec 31, 2025 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov – Dec 2025

61 m
Deepest dive
2:19
Longest dive
80
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
54

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 7, 202559 m—27 m
Nov 27, 202529 m—25 m
Dec 3, 202567 m—61 m
Dec 27, 202562 m—56 m
Dec 28, 202581 m—23 m
Dec 29, 202545 m—31 m
Dec 30, 202562 m—26 m
Dec 30, 202526 m—20 m
Dec 31, 202545 m15.3°C34 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Nov 7, 2025 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Nov 7Nov 27, 2025 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 25 m (modelled)Nov 27Dec 3, 2025 — seafloor 67 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)Dec 3Dec 27, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Dec 27Dec 28, 2025 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Dec 28Dec 29, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Dec 29Dec 30, 2025 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Dec 30Dec 30, 2025 — seafloor 26 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Dec 30Dec 31, 2025 — seafloor 45 m (measured), deepest dive 34 m (modelled)Dec 31

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

Dives

61 m
Deepest dive
2:19
Longest dive
80
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
54
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010061 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (67 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 · Dec 3, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
67 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
26 m – 81 m
Sea-surface temperature
15.3°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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