HW-MN0804758 – Residency
6th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804758 @132960
Dec 31, 2024 – Feb 20, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024 – Feb 2025
82 m
Deepest dive
3:26
Longest dive
75
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 51
- Deepest dive on record
- 82 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 | — | 71 m |
| Jan 5, 2025 | 84 m | — | 36 m |
| Jan 13, 2025 | 96 m | — | 82 m |
| Feb 8, 2025 | 56 m | — | 31 m |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 62 m | — | 49 m |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 49 m | — | 38 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
82 m
Deepest dive
3:26
Longest dive
75
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
51
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 · Jan 13, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 96 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 49 m – 96 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.