HW-MN0804336 – Residency
17th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804336 @128317
Oct 22, 2025 – Jan 6, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Oct 2025 – Jan 2026
56 m
Deepest dive
2:10
Longest dive
126
Dives
- Sightings
- 9
- Days between first and last sighting
- 76
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2025 | 63 m | — | 41 m |
| Nov 8, 2025 | 45 m | — | 30 m |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 62 m | — | 56 m |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 81 m | — | 44 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 45 m | — | 39 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 34 m | — | 30 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 26 m | — | 24 m |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 45 m | — | 17 m |
| Jan 6, 2026 | 60 m | 14.8°C | 52 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
56 m
Deepest dive
2:10
Longest dive
126
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
76
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 (62 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Dec 27, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 62 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 9 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 26 m – 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.