HW-MN0804846 – Residency
7th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804846 @133311
Dec 11, 2025 – Jan 14, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
47 m
Deepest dive
2:04
Longest dive
41
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 34
- Deepest dive on record
- 47 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 11, 2025 | 54 m | — | 47 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 38 m | — | 27 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 39 m |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 45 m | — | 20 m |
| Jan 14, 2026 | 37 m | 15.7°C | 25 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
47 m
Deepest dive
2:04
Longest dive
41
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
34
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 (54 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 11, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 54 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 37 m – 54 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.