HW-MN0804745 – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804745 @132947
Dec 31, 2024 – Mar 28, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024 – Mar 2025
72 m
Deepest dive
3:00
Longest dive
50
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 87
- 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2024 | 77 m | — | 50 m |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 81 m | — | 71 m |
| Jan 19, 2025 | 53 m | — | 27 m |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 49 m | — | 45 m |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 96 m | — | 72 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
3:00
Longest dive
50
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
87
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.
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Where this happened · Mar 28, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 96 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 49 m – 96 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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.