HW-MN0804508 – Residency
7th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804508 @132198
Dec 11, 2024 – Jan 14, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024 – Jan 2025
62 m
Deepest dive
1:55
Longest dive
78
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 34
- Deepest dive on record
- 62 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 11, 2024 | 74 m | — | 62 m |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 41 m | — | 38 m |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 42 m | — | 38 m |
| Dec 15, 2024 | 79 m | — | 61 m |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 69 m | — | 48 m |
| Jan 5, 2025 | 43 m | — | 35 m |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 54 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
62 m
Deepest dive
1:55
Longest dive
78
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
34
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 (74 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Dec 11, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 74 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 41 m – 79 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.