HW-MN0804404 – Residency
15th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804404 @130158
Dec 21, 2025 – Jan 12, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
64 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
74
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 22
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2025 | 64 m | — | 57 m |
| Dec 21, 2025 | 84 m | — | 35 m |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 81 m | — | 64 m |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 61 m | — | 55 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 45 m | — | 35 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 36 m |
| Jan 12, 2026 | 38 m | 15.1°C | 22 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
64 m
Deepest dive
3:19
Longest dive
74
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
22
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 · Dec 28, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 38 m – 84 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.