HW-MN0804673 – Residency
4th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804673 @132837
Dec 27, 2024 – Feb 20, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024 – Feb 2025
45 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
26
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 55
- Deepest dive on record
- 45 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 | 29 m | — | 25 m |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 77 m | — | 45 m |
| Jan 18, 2025 | 52 m | — | 39 m |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 49 m | — | 28 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
45 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
26
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
55
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 (77 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Dec 31, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 77 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 16.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 29 m – 77 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.