HW-MN0804627 – Residency
4th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804627 @132714
Dec 15, 2024 – Feb 21, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024 – Feb 2025
72 m
Deepest dive
2:43
Longest dive
37
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 68
- 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 15, 2024 | 79 m | — | 72 m |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 69 m | — | 62 m |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 49 m | — | 26 m |
| Feb 21, 2025 | 67 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
72 m
Deepest dive
2:43
Longest dive
37
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
68
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 (79 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 15, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 79 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 49 m – 79 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.