HW-MN0804636 – Residency
14th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804636 @132773
Nov 25, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
79 m
Deepest dive
3:03
Longest dive
68
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 66
- Deepest dive on record
- 79 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2025 | 64 m | — | 51 m |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 60 m | — | 37 m |
| Jan 17, 2026 | 85 m | 14.1°C | 61 m |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 99 m | 16.4°C | 79 m |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 34 m | 14.6°C | 31 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
79 m
Deepest dive
3:03
Longest dive
68
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
66
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 (99 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 27, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 99 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 34 m – 99 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.1°C – 16.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.