HW-MN0804861 – Residency
4th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804861 @133326
Jan 13 – 18, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Jan 2025
50 m
Deepest dive
2:22
Longest dive
60
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 5
- Deepest dive on record
- 50 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 13, 2025 | 76 m | — | 19 m |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 54 m | — | 46 m |
| Jan 17, 2025 | 25 m | — | 17 m |
| Jan 18, 2025 | 66 m | — | 50 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
50 m
Deepest dive
2:22
Longest dive
60
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
5
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 (66 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Jan 18, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 66 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 25 m – 76 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.