HW-MN0804779 – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804779 @132984
Dec 28, 2024 – Jan 9, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024 – Jan 2025
70 m
Deepest dive
3:13
Longest dive
68
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 12
- Deepest dive on record
- 70 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 | — | 48 m |
| Jan 4, 2025 | 70 m | — | 59 m |
| Jan 5, 2025 | 67 m | — | 61 m |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 68 m | — | 50 m |
| Jan 9, 2025 | 87 m | — | 70 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
70 m
Deepest dive
3:13
Longest dive
68
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
12
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 (87 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Jan 9, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 87 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 17.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 56 m – 87 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 17.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.