HW-MN0804490 – Residency
7th sighting in South AfricaHW-MN0804490 @132168
Dec 7, 2024 – Mar 2, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024 – Mar 2025
58 m
Deepest dive
2:51
Longest dive
85
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 85
- Deepest dive on record
- 58 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 7, 2024 | 59 m | — | 54 m |
| Dec 19, 2024 | 82 m | — | 26 m |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 54 m | — | 32 m |
| Jan 18, 2025 | 66 m | — | 57 m |
| Jan 18, 2025 | 64 m | — | 44 m |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 74 m | — | 48 m |
| Mar 2, 2025 | 71 m | — | 58 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
58 m
Deepest dive
2:51
Longest dive
85
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
85
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 (71 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Mar 2, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 71 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 54 m – 82 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.