HW-MN0804563 – Residency
9th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804563 @132266
Dec 27, 2025 – Jan 29, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
49 m
Deepest dive
2:04
Longest dive
19
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 33
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2025 | 62 m | — | 45 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 58 m | — | 46 m |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 62 m | 14.7°C | 49 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
49 m
Deepest dive
2:04
Longest dive
19
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
33
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 (62 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 29, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 62 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 58 m – 62 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.