HW-MN0804336 – Residency
8th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804336 @128317
Nov 17, 2024 – Mar 28, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2024 – Mar 2025
58 m
Deepest dive
2:53
Longest dive
109
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 131
- Deepest dive on record
- 58 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 17, 2024 | 66 m | — | 58 m |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 52 m | — | 27 m |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 56 m | — | 44 m |
| Jan 25, 2025 | 64 m | — | 33 m |
| Feb 8, 2025 | 56 m | — | 22 m |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 58 m | — | 44 m |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 61 m | — | 52 m |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 98 m | — | 41 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
58 m
Deepest dive
2:53
Longest dive
109
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
131
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 (66 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Nov 17, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 66 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 52 m – 98 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 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.