HW-MN0804563 – Residency
6th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804563 @132266
Dec 12, 2024 – Feb 21, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024 – Feb 2025
59 m
Deepest dive
2:52
Longest dive
80
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 71
- Deepest dive on record
- 59 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 12, 2024 | 41 m | — | 31 m |
| Dec 19, 2024 | 82 m | — | 53 m |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 52 m | — | 32 m |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 77 m | — | 45 m |
| Jan 25, 2025 | 69 m | — | 59 m |
| Feb 21, 2025 | 67 m | — | 45 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
59 m
Deepest dive
2:52
Longest dive
80
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
71
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 · Jan 25, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 69 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 41 m – 82 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.