HW-MN0804224 – Residency
8th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804224 @127661
Nov 5 – Dec 14, 2024 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov – Dec 2024
52 m
Deepest dive
2:25
Longest dive
97
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 39
- Deepest dive on record
- 52 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 5, 2024 | 61 m | — | 52 m |
| Nov 7, 2024 | 55 m | — | 44 m |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 93 m | — | 49 m |
| Dec 3, 2024 | 64 m | — | 49 m |
| Dec 7, 2024 | 59 m | — | 44 m |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 55 m | — | 36 m |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 45 m | — | 37 m |
| Dec 14, 2024 | 56 m | — | 48 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
2:25
Longest dive
97
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
8
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 (61 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Nov 5, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 61 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 45 m – 93 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 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.