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South Africa

HW-MN0801624 – Residency

10th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0801624
HW-MN0801624 Confirmed in the catalog @85739
Nov 19, 2023 – Feb 20, 2024 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov 2023 – Feb 2024

85 m
Deepest dive
3:06
Longest dive
104
Dives
Sightings
10
Days between first and last sighting
93
Deepest dive on record
85 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 19, 202344 m—36 m
Nov 26, 202395 m—85 m
Dec 17, 202358 m—45 m
Jan 2, 202479 m—42 m
Jan 6, 202461 m—35 m
Jan 7, 202488 m—77 m
Jan 11, 202496 m—63 m
Jan 12, 202484 m—26 m
Jan 13, 202453 m—39 m
Feb 20, 202483 m—74 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 19, 2023 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Nov 19Nov 26, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Nov 26Dec 17, 2023 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Dec 17Jan 2, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Jan 2Jan 6, 2024 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Jan 6Jan 7, 2024 — seafloor 88 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jan 7Jan 11, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jan 11Jan 12, 2024 — seafloor 84 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jan 12Jan 13, 2024 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Jan 13Feb 20, 2024 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Feb 20

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

Dives

85 m
Deepest dive
3:06
Longest dive
104
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
10
Sightings
93
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010085 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (95 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 · Nov 26, 2023

measured
Seafloor depth
95 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 10 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
44 m – 96 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 12.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 10 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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