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South Africa

HW-MN0801926 – Residency

9th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0801926
HW-MN0801926 Confirmed in the catalog @89709
Dec 12 – 24, 2024 · South Africa

South Africa · Dec 2024

70 m
Deepest dive
3:02
Longest dive
57
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
12

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Dec 12, 202457 m—44 m
Dec 17, 202476 m—66 m
Dec 19, 202481 m—70 m
Dec 24, 202449 m—29 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 12, 2024 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Dec 12Dec 17, 2024 — seafloor 76 m (measured), deepest dive 66 m (modelled)Dec 17Dec 19, 2024 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 70 m (modelled)Dec 19Dec 24, 2024 — seafloor 49 m (measured), deepest dive 29 m (modelled)Dec 24

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

Dives

70 m
Deepest dive
3:02
Longest dive
57
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
12
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010070 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (81 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 · Dec 19, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
81 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
10.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
49 m – 81 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 10.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 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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