Black & White – Residency
3rd sighting in South Africa
Black & White @85776
Oct 31 – Dec 17, 2024 · South Africa
South Africa · Oct – Dec 2024
82 m
Deepest dive
4:00
Longest dive
51
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 47
- Deepest dive on record
- 82 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2024 | 93 m | — | 82 m |
| Nov 25, 2024 | 46 m | — | 40 m |
| Dec 16, 2024 | 57 m | — | 43 m |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 76 m | — | 43 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
82 m
Deepest dive
4:00
Longest dive
51
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
47
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (93 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Oct 31, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 93 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 19.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 46 m – 93 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 19.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.