HW-MN0804645 – Residency
9th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804645 @132782
Nov 3, 2025 – Jan 8, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
72 m
Deepest dive
2:44
Longest dive
100
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 66
- 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2025 | 95 m | — | 72 m |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 61 m | — | 48 m |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 81 m | — | 55 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 45 m | — | 39 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 39 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 62 m | — | 33 m |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 45 m | — | 41 m |
| Jan 8, 2026 | 27 m | 20.4°C | 22 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
2:44
Longest dive
100
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
8
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 (95 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Nov 3, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 95 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 18.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 27 m – 95 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 20.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 18.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.