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South Africa

HW-MN0801790 – Residency

3rd sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0801790
HW-MN0801790 Confirmed in the catalog @87762
Nov 28 – 30, 2022 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov 2022

50 m
Deepest dive
1:58
Longest dive
44
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
2

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 28, 202244 m—30 m
Nov 30, 202254 m—35 m
Nov 30, 202254 m—50 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 28, 2022 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Nov 28Nov 30, 2022 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Nov 30Nov 30, 2022 — seafloor 54 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Nov 30

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

Dives

50 m
Deepest dive
1:58
Longest dive
44
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
2
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255050 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (54 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 30, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
54 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
44 m – 54 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 4.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 3 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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