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South Africa

MRIWU-00006 – Residency

3rd sighting in South Africa
Fluke of MRIWU-00006
MRIWU-00006 Confirmed in the catalog @84967
Jan 14 – 31, 2003 · South Africa

South Africa · Jan 2003

55 m
Deepest dive
2:08
Longest dive
32
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
17

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 14, 200379 m—47 m
Jan 31, 200379 m—55 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jan 14, 2003 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Jan 14Jan 31, 2003 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Jan 31

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

Dives

55 m
Deepest dive
2:08
Longest dive
32
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
17
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010055 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (79 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 · Jan 31, 2003

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

Across the residency · 2 sightings

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

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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