HW-MN0804353 – Residency
4th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804353 @128834
Nov 24, 2024 – Feb 22, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2024 – Feb 2025
52 m
Deepest dive
2:51
Longest dive
62
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 90
- 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 24, 2024 | 55 m | — | 49 m |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 81 m | — | 52 m |
| Jan 18, 2025 | 31 m | — | 23 m |
| Feb 22, 2025 | 59 m | — | 26 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
2:51
Longest dive
62
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
90
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 (81 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Jan 14, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 31 m – 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.