HW-MN0804596 – Residency
4th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804596 @132322
Dec 19 – 28, 2024 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024
62 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
76
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 9
- Deepest dive on record
- 62 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 19, 2024 | 82 m | — | 62 m |
| Dec 27, 2024 | 40 m | — | 36 m |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 52 m | — | 43 m |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 52 m | — | 30 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
62 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
76
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
9
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 (82 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 19, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 82 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 40 m – 82 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.