HW-MN0804196 – Residency
7th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804196 @127555
Dec 29 – 30, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025
43 m
Deepest dive
2:01
Longest dive
34
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 1
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 | 58 m | — | 43 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 45 m | — | 35 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 38 m | — | 34 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
43 m
Deepest dive
2:01
Longest dive
34
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
1
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 (58 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 29, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 58 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 38 m – 58 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.