HW-MN0804429 – Residency
9th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804429 @131855
Nov 29, 2024 – Jan 13, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2024 – Jan 2025
83 m
Deepest dive
4:30
Longest dive
80
Dives
- Sightings
- 9
- Days between first and last sighting
- 45
- Deepest dive on record
- 83 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 29, 2024 | 59 m | — | 28 m |
| Dec 3, 2024 | 86 m | — | 26 m |
| Dec 4, 2024 | 39 m | — | 24 m |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 41 m | — | 16 m |
| Dec 14, 2024 | 78 m | — | 52 m |
| Dec 15, 2024 | 79 m | — | 36 m |
| Jan 5, 2025 | 84 m | — | 73 m |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 87 m | — | 78 m |
| Jan 13, 2025 | 96 m | — | 83 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
83 m
Deepest dive
4:30
Longest dive
80
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
9
Sightings
45
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 (96 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Jan 13, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 96 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 9 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 39 m – 96 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 14.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 9 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.