HW-MN0804716 – Residency
4th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804716 @132904
Dec 28, 2024 – Jan 18, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024 – Jan 2025
73 m
Deepest dive
2:52
Longest dive
92
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 21
- Deepest dive on record
- 73 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 28, 2024 | 56 m | — | 44 m |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 83 m | — | 72 m |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 81 m | — | 73 m |
| Jan 18, 2025 | 53 m | — | 20 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
73 m
Deepest dive
2:52
Longest dive
92
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
21
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 (81 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Jan 14, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 53 m – 83 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 14.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.