HW-MN0804588 – Residency
8th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804588 @132314
Dec 11, 2024 – Jan 18, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024 – Jan 2025
72 m
Deepest dive
2:57
Longest dive
94
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 39
- Deepest dive on record
- 72 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 11, 2024 | 74 m | — | 59 m |
| Dec 14, 2024 | 78 m | — | 58 m |
| Dec 14, 2024 | 78 m | — | 72 m |
| Dec 15, 2024 | 79 m | — | 53 m |
| Dec 19, 2024 | 82 m | — | 71 m |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 65 m | — | 51 m |
| Jan 18, 2025 | 66 m | — | 36 m |
| Jan 18, 2025 | 84 m | — | 24 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
72 m
Deepest dive
2:57
Longest dive
94
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
39
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 (78 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 14, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 78 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 65 m – 84 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.