HW-MN0804405 – Residency
7th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804405 @130159
Nov 30, 2024 – Feb 20, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2024 – Feb 2025
65 m
Deepest dive
2:40
Longest dive
71
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 82
- Deepest dive on record
- 65 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 | 48 m | — | 39 m |
| Dec 2, 2024 | 59 m | — | 26 m |
| Dec 3, 2024 | 79 m | — | 65 m |
| Dec 4, 2024 | 41 m | — | 31 m |
| Dec 26, 2024 | 58 m | — | 40 m |
| Jan 19, 2025 | 63 m | — | 56 m |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 49 m | — | 43 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
65 m
Deepest dive
2:40
Longest dive
71
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
7
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 (79 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Dec 3, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 79 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 41 m – 79 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.