HW-MN0804436 – Residency
6th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804436 @131862
Nov 29 – Dec 17, 2024 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov – Dec 2024
48 m
Deepest dive
2:16
Longest dive
55
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 18
- Deepest dive on record
- 48 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 | 76 m | — | 42 m |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 51 m | — | 40 m |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 56 m | — | 41 m |
| Dec 3, 2024 | 86 m | — | 40 m |
| Dec 4, 2024 | 74 m | — | 45 m |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 69 m | — | 48 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
48 m
Deepest dive
2:16
Longest dive
55
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
18
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 (69 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 17, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 69 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 51 m – 86 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 3.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.