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South Africa

HW-MN0801828 – Residency

13th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0801828
HW-MN0801828 Confirmed in the catalog @89301
Nov 17 – Dec 14, 2024 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov – Dec 2024

53 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
89
Dives
Sightings
6
Days between first and last sighting
27

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 17, 202459 m—53 m
Nov 25, 202453 m—43 m
Dec 3, 202457 m—40 m
Dec 10, 202472 m—29 m
Dec 11, 202460 m—52 m
Dec 14, 202478 m—36 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 17, 2024 — seafloor 59 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Nov 17Nov 25, 2024 — seafloor 53 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Nov 25Dec 3, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Dec 3Dec 10, 2024 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Dec 10Dec 11, 2024 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Dec 11Dec 14, 2024 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 36 m (modelled)Dec 14

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

Dives

53 m
Deepest dive
2:32
Longest dive
89
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
27
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010053 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (59 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 17, 2024

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

Across the residency · 6 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
53 m – 78 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 6.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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