HW-MN0804801 – Residency
7th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804801 @133034
Dec 27 – 30, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025
78 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
45
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 3
- Deepest dive on record
- 78 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, 2025 | 105 m | — | 78 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 57 m | — | 45 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 58 m | — | 52 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 45 m | — | 32 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 65 m | — | 26 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
78 m
Deepest dive
3:08
Longest dive
45
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
3
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 (105 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 27, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 105 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 45 m – 105 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.