HW-MN0804602 – Residency
6th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804602 @132328
Dec 19, 2024 – Jan 19, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024 – Jan 2025
74 m
Deepest dive
3:17
Longest dive
61
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 31
- Deepest dive on record
- 74 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 | — | 53 m |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 52 m | — | 38 m |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 54 m | — | 50 m |
| Jan 5, 2025 | 84 m | — | 74 m |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 77 m | — | 37 m |
| Jan 19, 2025 | 54 m | — | 41 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
74 m
Deepest dive
3:17
Longest dive
61
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
31
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 (84 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 5, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 84 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 52 m – 84 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.