HW-MN0804398 – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804398 @130149
Nov 30, 2024 – Feb 20, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2024 – Feb 2025
61 m
Deepest dive
3:17
Longest dive
44
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 82
- Deepest dive on record
- 61 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 30, 2024 | 78 m | — | 44 m |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 73 m | — | 61 m |
| Jan 18, 2025 | 66 m | — | 51 m |
| Jan 19, 2025 | 68 m | — | 58 m |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 62 m | — | 56 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
61 m
Deepest dive
3:17
Longest dive
44
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
82
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 (73 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 8, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 73 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 62 m – 78 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.