HW-MN0802793 – Residency
6th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0802793 @108954
Nov 26, 2023 – Feb 19, 2024 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2023 – Feb 2024
71 m
Deepest dive
3:16
Longest dive
77
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 85
- Deepest dive on record
- 71 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 2023 | 95 m | — | 40 m |
| Dec 17, 2023 | 56 m | — | 46 m |
| Dec 20, 2023 | 42 m | — | 31 m |
| Jan 13, 2024 | 36 m | — | 21 m |
| Feb 18, 2024 | 80 m | — | 62 m |
| Feb 19, 2024 | 83 m | — | 71 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
71 m
Deepest dive
3:16
Longest dive
77
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
85
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 (83 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Feb 19, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 83 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 36 m – 95 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.