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South Africa

HW-MN0801828 – Residency

7th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0801828
HW-MN0801828 Confirmed in the catalog @89301
Jan 13 – Feb 18, 2024 · South Africa

South Africa · Jan – Feb 2024

74 m
Deepest dive
2:36
Longest dive
47
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
36
Deepest dive on record
74 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 13, 202495 m—74 m
Jan 15, 202468 m—50 m
Jan 16, 202425 m—21 m
Jan 24, 202480 m—32 m
Feb 9, 202480 m—52 m
Feb 18, 202480 m—20 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jan 13, 2024 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 74 m (modelled)Jan 13Jan 15, 2024 — seafloor 68 m (measured), deepest dive 50 m (modelled)Jan 15Jan 16, 2024 — seafloor 25 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Jan 16Jan 24, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Jan 24Feb 9, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Feb 9Feb 18, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 20 m (modelled)Feb 18

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

Dives

74 m
Deepest dive
2:36
Longest dive
47
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
36
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010074 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (95 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 13, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
95 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
25 m – 95 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 11.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 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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