MRIWU-00150 – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
MRIWU-00150 @109186
Dec 1, 2023 – Feb 9, 2024 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2023 – Feb 2024
80 m
Deepest dive
2:48
Longest dive
51
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 70
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2023 | 56 m | — | 41 m |
| Jan 6, 2024 | 61 m | — | 55 m |
| Jan 7, 2024 | 88 m | — | 80 m |
| Jan 13, 2024 | 63 m | — | 43 m |
| Jan 21, 2024 | 85 m | — | 43 m |
| Feb 9, 2024 | 80 m | — | 31 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
80 m
Deepest dive
2:48
Longest dive
51
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
70
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 (88 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 7, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 88 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 56 m – 88 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.