HW-MN0804871 – Residency
6th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804871 @133561
Jan 8 – Mar 28, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Jan – Mar 2025
60 m
Deepest dive
3:33
Longest dive
67
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 79
- Deepest dive on record
- 60 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 8, 2025 | 71 m | — | 60 m |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 81 m | — | 49 m |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 100 m | — | 37 m |
| Feb 12, 2025 | 61 m | — | 43 m |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 49 m | — | 37 m |
| Mar 28, 2025 | 98 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
60 m
Deepest dive
3:33
Longest dive
67
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
79
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 (71 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 8, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 71 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 14.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 49 m – 100 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 14.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.