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South Africa

HW-MN0802095 – Residency

9th sighting in South Africa
Fluke of HW-MN0802095
HW-MN0802095 Confirmed in the catalog @91057
Nov 1, 2023 – Jan 11, 2024 · South Africa

South Africa · Nov 2023 – Jan 2024

86 m
Deepest dive
3:21
Longest dive
132
Dives
Sightings
9
Days between first and last sighting
71
Deepest dive on record
86 m · this residency

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Nov 1, 202365 m—53 m
Nov 26, 202395 m—57 m
Dec 1, 202358 m—30 m
Dec 4, 2023146 m—59 m
Jan 2, 202479 m—71 m
Jan 4, 202466 m—57 m
Jan 9, 202471 m—64 m
Jan 11, 202494 m—77 m
Jan 11, 202494 m—86 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 1, 2023 — seafloor 65 m (measured), deepest dive 53 m (modelled)Nov 1Nov 26, 2023 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Nov 26Dec 1, 2023 — seafloor 58 m (measured), deepest dive 30 m (modelled)Dec 1Dec 4, 2023 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 59 m (modelled)Dec 4Jan 2, 2024 — seafloor 79 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Jan 2Jan 4, 2024 — seafloor 66 m (measured), deepest dive 57 m (modelled)Jan 4Jan 9, 2024 — seafloor 71 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Jan 9Jan 11, 2024 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 77 m (modelled)Jan 11Jan 11, 2024 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 86 m (modelled)Jan 11

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

Dives

86 m
Deepest dive
3:21
Longest dive
132
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
71
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010086 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (94 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 11, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
94 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
9.0 km

Across the residency · 9 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
58 m – 146 m
Sea-surface temperature
—
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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