HW-MN0804434 – Residency
4th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804434 @131860
Nov 30, 2024 – Feb 3, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2024 – Feb 2025
72 m
Deepest dive
3:40
Longest dive
55
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 65
- Deepest dive on record
- 72 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 | — | 43 m |
| Dec 3, 2024 | 86 m | — | 72 m |
| Dec 5, 2024 | 68 m | — | 40 m |
| Feb 3, 2025 | 45 m | — | 40 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
72 m
Deepest dive
3:40
Longest dive
55
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
65
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 (86 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Dec 3, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 86 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 45 m – 86 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.