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South Africa

HW-MN0801802 – Residency

4th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0801802
HW-MN0801802 Confirmed in the catalog @87925
Nov 28 – Dec 14, 2022 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov – Dec 2022

40 m
Deepest dive
2:16
Longest dive
18
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
16

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 28, 202244 m—40 m
Dec 7, 202227 m—18 m
Dec 14, 2022-3 m——
Dec 14, 2022-3 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 40 m (modelled)Nov 28Dec 7, 2022 — seafloor 27 m (measured), deepest dive 18 m (modelled)Dec 7Dec 14, 2022 — seafloor -3 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Dec 14Dec 14, 2022 — seafloor -3 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Dec 14

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

Dives

40 m
Deepest dive
2:16
Longest dive
18
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
16
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255040 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (44 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 28, 2022

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

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-3 m – 44 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 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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