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South Africa

HW-MN0801845 – Residency

10th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0801845
HW-MN0801845 Confirmed in the catalog @89325
Nov 10 – Dec 4, 2025 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov – Dec 2025

58 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
35
Dives
Sightings
3
Days between first and last sighting
24
Deepest dive on record
58 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 10, 202552 m—22 m
Nov 28, 202566 m—58 m
Dec 4, 202560 m—53 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 10, 2025 — seafloor 52 m (measured), deepest dive 22 m (modelled)Nov 10Nov 28, 2025 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Nov 28Dec 4, 2025 — seafloor 60 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Dec 4

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

Dives

58 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
35
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
24
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
05010058 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (66 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, 2025

measured
Seafloor depth
66 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
7.0 km

Across the residency · 3 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
52 m – 66 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
4.0 km – 8.0 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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