HW-MN0804811 – Residency
9th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804811 @133044
Nov 25, 2025 – Jan 29, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
46 m
Deepest dive
2:02
Longest dive
49
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 65
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2025 | 30 m | — | 17 m |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 52 m | — | 24 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 26 m | — | 21 m |
| Jan 14, 2026 | 37 m | 15.7°C | 22 m |
| Jan 26, 2026 | 69 m | 14.3°C | 46 m |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 64 m | 14.7°C | 33 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
46 m
Deepest dive
2:02
Longest dive
49
Dives
14 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
65
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 (69 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 26, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 69 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.3°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 26 m – 69 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.3°C – 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.