HW-MN0804585 – Residency
8th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804585 @132300
Dec 17, 2024 – Feb 20, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024 – Feb 2025
67 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
76
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 65
- Deepest dive on record
- 67 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 17, 2024 | 76 m | — | 67 m |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 71 m | — | 39 m |
| Jan 9, 2025 | 87 m | — | 55 m |
| Feb 7, 2025 | 44 m | — | 37 m |
| Feb 8, 2025 | 56 m | — | 35 m |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 62 m | — | 48 m |
| Feb 19, 2025 | 45 m | — | 30 m |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 49 m | — | 29 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
67 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
76
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
8
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 (76 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 17, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 76 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 44 m – 87 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 17.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.