HW-MN0802828 – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0802828 @109421
Dec 4, 2023 – Jan 11, 2024 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2023 – Jan 2024
59 m
Deepest dive
3:42
Longest dive
89
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 39
- Deepest dive on record
- 59 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2023 | 146 m | — | 54 m |
| Dec 20, 2023 | 46 m | — | 39 m |
| Jan 7, 2024 | 81 m | — | 59 m |
| Jan 9, 2024 | 64 m | — | 52 m |
| Jan 11, 2024 | 96 m | — | 58 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
59 m
Deepest dive
3:42
Longest dive
89
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
39
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 (81 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 7, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 46 m – 146 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.