HW-MN0802697 – Residency
8th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0802697 @107622
Dec 29 – 31, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025
44 m
Deepest dive
2:01
Longest dive
30
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 2
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2025 | 3 m | — | 3 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 65 m | — | 44 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 31 m |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 45 m | — | 38 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
44 m
Deepest dive
2:01
Longest dive
30
Dives
13 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
2
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (65 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 30, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 65 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 3 m – 65 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.