HW-MN0804559 – Residency
15th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804559 @132272
Dec 27, 2025 – Jan 12, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
68 m
Deepest dive
2:25
Longest dive
40
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 16
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 | — | 47 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 45 m | — | 41 m |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 89 m | 15.6°C | 68 m |
| Jan 12, 2026 | 38 m | 15.1°C | 34 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
68 m
Deepest dive
2:25
Longest dive
40
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
16
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 (89 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 2, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 89 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 15.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 38 m – 89 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.1°C – 15.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 15.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.