HW-MN0804888 – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804888 @133872
Dec 4, 2025 – Feb 24, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026
53 m
Deepest dive
2:08
Longest dive
49
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 82
- Deepest dive on record
- 53 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 4, 2025 | 60 m | — | 53 m |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 34 m | 14.6°C | 31 m |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 19 m | 17.2°C | 16 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
53 m
Deepest dive
2:08
Longest dive
49
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
82
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 (60 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 4, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 60 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 19 m – 60 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.6°C – 17.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.