HW-MN0804560 – Residency
11th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804560 @132263
Dec 4, 2025 – Feb 7, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026
80 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
52
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 65
- Deepest dive on record
- 80 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 4, 2025 | 90 m | — | 80 m |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 71 m | — | 37 m |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 17 m | — | 16 m |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 3 m | — | 3 m |
| Dec 13, 2025 | 95 m | — | 41 m |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 83 m | 15.0°C | 32 m |
| Feb 7, 2026 | 81 m | 16.8°C | 38 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
80 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
52
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
7
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 (90 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Dec 4, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 90 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 3 m – 95 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.0°C – 16.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.