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South Africa

HW-MN0801802 – Residency

11th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0801802
HW-MN0801802 Confirmed in the catalog @87925
Dec 27, 2023 – Feb 20, 2024 · South Africa

South Africa · Dec 2023 – Feb 2024

75 m
Deepest dive
3:17
Longest dive
68
Dives
Sightings
7
Days between first and last sighting
55
Deepest dive on record
75 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 27, 20234 m—4 m
Jan 6, 202461 m—54 m
Feb 9, 20241 m—1 m
Feb 11, 2024-0 m——
Feb 13, 2024-0 m——
Feb 18, 202480 m—58 m
Feb 20, 202483 m—75 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Dec 27, 2023 — seafloor 4 m (measured), deepest dive 4 m (modelled)Dec 27Jan 6, 2024 — seafloor 61 m (measured), deepest dive 54 m (modelled)Jan 6Feb 9, 2024 — seafloor 1 m (measured), deepest dive 1 m (modelled)Feb 9Feb 11, 2024 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Feb 11Feb 13, 2024 — seafloor -0 m (measured), deepest dive — (modelled)Feb 13Feb 18, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Feb 18Feb 20, 2024 — seafloor 83 m (measured), deepest dive 75 m (modelled)Feb 20

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

Dives

75 m
Deepest dive
3:17
Longest dive
68
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
55
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010075 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (83 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 · Feb 20, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
83 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
11.0 km

Across the residency · 7 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
-0 m – 83 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 7 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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