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South Africa

Robin – Residency

22nd sighting in South Africa
Fluke of Robin
Robin Confirmed in the catalog @81919
Sep 30 – Dec 4, 2024 · South Africa

South Africa · Sep – Dec 2024

61 m
Deepest dive
2:26
Longest dive
176
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
65

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Sep 30, 2024-8 m——
Oct 11, 202414 m—13 m
Oct 11, 202422 m—16 m
Oct 12, 202414 m—13 m
Oct 12, 20247 m—6 m
Oct 18, 20245 m—4 m
Nov 5, 2024-37 m——
Nov 7, 202422 m—20 m
Nov 16, 202412 m—9 m
Nov 18, 202451 m—45 m
Nov 22, 202436 m—32 m
Nov 30, 2024-7 m——
Dec 2, 202459 m—45 m
Dec 4, 202474 m—61 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Sep 30, 2024 — seafloor -8 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Sep 30Oct 11, 2024 — seafloor 14 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Oct 11, 2024 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 16 m (modelled)Oct 12, 2024 — seafloor 14 m (measured), deepest dive 13 m (modelled)Oct 12Oct 12, 2024 — seafloor 7 m (measured), deepest dive 6 m (modelled)Oct 18, 2024 — seafloor 5 m (measured), deepest dive 4 m (modelled)Nov 5, 2024 — seafloor -37 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Nov 5Nov 7, 2024 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Nov 16, 2024 — seafloor 12 m (measured), deepest dive 9 m (modelled)Nov 18, 2024 — seafloor 51 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Nov 18Nov 22, 2024 — seafloor 36 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Nov 30, 2024 — seafloor -7 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Dec 2, 2024 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Dec 2Dec 4, 2024 — seafloor 74 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)

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

Dives

61 m
Deepest dive
2:26
Longest dive
176
Dives
11 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
65
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 (74 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 4, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
74 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-37 m – 74 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 3.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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