HW-MN0804385 – Residency
13th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804385 @130037
Oct 5 – 11, 2026 · South Africa
Spring Company Off South Africa
Twice this spring, good company found me right where I like it.
74 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
48
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 6
- Deepest dive on record
- 74 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | 81 m | — | 34 m |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 82 m | — | 74 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
74 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
48
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
6
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 (82 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Oct 11, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 82 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 81 m – 82 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.