HW-MN0804669 – Residency
4th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804669 @132833
Dec 27, 2024 – Jan 14, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024 – Jan 2025
79 m
Deepest dive
3:03
Longest dive
32
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 18
- 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2024 | 41 m | — | 11 m |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 96 m | — | 79 m |
| Jan 13, 2025 | 96 m | — | 31 m |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 81 m | — | 65 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
32
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
18
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 (96 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Jan 8, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 96 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 41 m – 96 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 4.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.