HW-MN0804309 – Residency
8th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804309 @127754
Nov 7, 2024 – Mar 28, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2024 – Mar 2025
86 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
78
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 141
- Deepest dive on record
- 86 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 7, 2024 | 55 m | — | 49 m |
| Nov 7, 2024 | 55 m | — | 23 m |
| Jan 5, 2025 | 84 m | — | 63 m |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 81 m | — | 57 m |
| Jan 19, 2025 | 54 m | — | 48 m |
| Feb 7, 2025 | 44 m | — | 37 m |
| Feb 8, 2025 | 56 m | — | 44 m |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 96 m | — | 86 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
86 m
Deepest dive
4:20
Longest dive
78
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
141
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 (96 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Mar 28, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 96 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 44 m – 96 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.