HW-MN0804879 – Residency
8th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804879 @133569
Dec 30, 2025 – Jan 12, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
68 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
71
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 13
- Deepest dive on record
- 68 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 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 30 m |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 82 m | 15.6°C | 68 m |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 63 m | 14.8°C | 42 m |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 65 m | 14.8°C | 56 m |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 82 m | 14.8°C | 51 m |
| Jan 11, 2026 | 71 m | 15.2°C | 48 m |
| Jan 12, 2026 | 38 m | 15.1°C | 34 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
68 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
71
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
13
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 (82 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 2, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 82 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 12.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 38 m – 82 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.8°C – 15.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 12.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.