HW-MN0804808 – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804808 @133041
Jan 5 – Feb 20, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Jan – Feb 2025
44 m
Deepest dive
1:58
Longest dive
43
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 46
- Deepest dive on record
- 44 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2025 | 84 m | — | 35 m |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 54 m | — | 43 m |
| Jan 19, 2025 | 63 m | — | 44 m |
| Jan 24, 2025 | 86 m | — | 25 m |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 49 m | — | 21 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
44 m
Deepest dive
1:58
Longest dive
43
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
46
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 (63 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Jan 19, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 63 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 49 m – 86 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.