HW-MN0804438 – Residency
7th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804438 @131864
Dec 3, 2024 – Feb 20, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024 – Feb 2025
71 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
81
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 79
- Deepest dive on record
- 71 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 2024 | 86 m | — | 29 m |
| Dec 16, 2024 | 57 m | — | 52 m |
| Dec 19, 2024 | 82 m | — | 71 m |
| Jan 13, 2025 | 96 m | — | 25 m |
| Jan 23, 2025 | 58 m | — | 40 m |
| Feb 8, 2025 | 38 m | — | 24 m |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 49 m | — | 19 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
71 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
81
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
79
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 (82 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Dec 19, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 82 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 38 m – 96 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- 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.