MRIWU-00173 – Residency
13th sighting in South Africa
MRIWU-00173 @128838
Nov 25, 2024 – Feb 20, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2024 – Feb 2025
55 m
Deepest dive
2:34
Longest dive
120
Dives
- Sightings
- 13
- Days between first and last sighting
- 87
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2024 | 69 m | — | 28 m |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 93 m | — | 36 m |
| Dec 11, 2024 | 60 m | — | 30 m |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 41 m | — | 31 m |
| Dec 14, 2024 | 78 m | — | 54 m |
| Dec 15, 2024 | 79 m | — | 42 m |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 56 m | — | 44 m |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 77 m | — | 55 m |
| Jan 22, 2025 | 141 m | — | 42 m |
| Jan 23, 2025 | 58 m | — | 39 m |
| Feb 8, 2025 | 56 m | — | 41 m |
| Feb 19, 2025 | 44 m | — | 39 m |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 49 m | — | 42 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
55 m
Deepest dive
2:34
Longest dive
120
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
13
Sightings
87
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 (77 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 31, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 77 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 13 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 41 m – 141 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 18.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 13 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.