HW-MN0802753 – Residency
11th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0802753 @108083
Dec 27 – 30, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025
52 m
Deepest dive
1:52
Longest dive
65
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 3
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2025 | 59 m | — | 43 m |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 62 m | — | 35 m |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 81 m | — | 32 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 61 m | — | 30 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 37 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 62 m | — | 52 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
52 m
Deepest dive
1:52
Longest dive
65
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
3
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 (62 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 30, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 62 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 46 m – 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.