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South Africa

HW-MN0801802 – Residency

16th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0801802
HW-MN0801802 Confirmed in the catalog @87925
Nov 11 – 17, 2025 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov 2025

22 m
Deepest dive
1:38
Longest dive
19
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
6

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 11, 202525 m—22 m
Nov 17, 202524 m—20 m
Nov 17, 202511 m—10 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 11, 2025 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Nov 11Nov 17, 2025 — seafloor 24 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Nov 17Nov 17, 2025 — seafloor 11 m (measured), deepest dive 10 m (modelled)Nov 17

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

Dives

22 m
Deepest dive
1:38
Longest dive
19
Dives
11 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
6
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255022 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (25 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 11, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
25 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
11 m – 25 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
1.0 km – 3.0 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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