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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

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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

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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.

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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