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South Africa

HW-MN0801317 – Residency

22nd sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0801317
HW-MN0801317 Confirmed in the catalog @83900
Nov 7, 2024 – Feb 12, 2025 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov 2024 – Feb 2025

62 m
Deepest dive
2:54
Longest dive
89
Dives
Sightings
11
Days between first and last sighting
97

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 7, 202455 m—27 m
Nov 17, 202466 m—26 m
Dec 17, 202469 m—62 m
Dec 19, 202459 m—33 m
Dec 28, 202452 m—32 m
Dec 29, 202456 m—30 m
Dec 29, 202429 m—23 m
Jan 9, 202587 m—46 m
Feb 7, 202544 m—27 m
Feb 8, 202556 m—28 m
Feb 12, 202561 m—54 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, 2024 — seafloor 55 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Nov 7Nov 17, 2024 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Nov 17Dec 17, 2024 — seafloor 69 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Dec 17Dec 19, 2024 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Dec 19Dec 28, 2024 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Dec 28Dec 29, 2024 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Dec 29Dec 29, 2024 — seafloor 29 m (measured), deepest dive 23 m (modelled)Dec 29Jan 9, 2025 — seafloor 87 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Jan 9Feb 7, 2025 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 27 m (modelled)Feb 7Feb 8, 2025 — seafloor 56 m (measured), deepest dive 28 m (modelled)Feb 8Feb 12, 2025 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Feb 12

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

Dives

62 m
Deepest dive
2:54
Longest dive
89
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
11
Sightings
97
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010062 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (69 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 17, 2024

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

Across the residency · 11 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
29 m – 87 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 17.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 11 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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