HW-MN0804395 – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804395 @130146
Dec 30 – 31, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025
55 m
Deepest dive
2:12
Longest dive
27
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 1
- Deepest dive on record
- 55 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 62 m | — | 55 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 36 m |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 45 m | — | 37 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
2:12
Longest dive
27
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
1
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.
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Where this happened · Dec 30, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 62 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 45 m – 62 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.