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South Africa

HW-MN0801762 – Residency

14th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0801762
HW-MN0801762 Confirmed in the catalog @87051
Nov 9, 2023 – Feb 20, 2024 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov 2023 – Feb 2024

68 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
146
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
103

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 9, 202352 m—46 m
Jan 7, 202480 m—63 m
Jan 9, 202464 m—26 m
Jan 11, 202494 m—31 m
Jan 11, 202496 m—65 m
Jan 15, 202471 m—36 m
Jan 20, 202494 m—68 m
Jan 20, 202490 m—62 m
Jan 21, 202485 m—58 m
Jan 25, 202460 m—48 m
Feb 12, 202463 m—42 m
Feb 18, 202480 m—44 m
Feb 19, 202483 m—55 m
Feb 20, 202483 m—61 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 9, 2023 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Nov 9Jan 7, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)Jan 9, 2024 — seafloor 64 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Jan 11, 2024 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 31 m (modelled)Jan 11Jan 11, 2024 — seafloor 96 m (measured), deepest dive 65 m (modelled)Jan 15, 2024 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Jan 20, 2024 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Jan 20Jan 20, 2024 — seafloor 90 m (measured), deepest dive 62 m (modelled)Jan 21, 2024 — seafloor 85 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Jan 25, 2024 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Jan 25Feb 12, 2024 — seafloor 63 m (measured), deepest dive 42 m (modelled)Feb 18, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Feb 19, 2024 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Feb 19Feb 20, 2024 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)

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

Dives

68 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
146
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
103
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010068 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (94 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 20, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
94 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
15.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 96 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 15.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 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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