HW-MN0804897 – Residency
6th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804897 @133923
Jan 17 – Feb 20, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Jan – Feb 2025
74 m
Deepest dive
3:12
Longest dive
60
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 34
- Deepest dive on record
- 74 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 17, 2025 | 34 m | — | 26 m |
| Jan 18, 2025 | 66 m | — | 53 m |
| Jan 18, 2025 | 64 m | — | 35 m |
| Jan 18, 2025 | 54 m | — | 36 m |
| Jan 18, 2025 | 85 m | — | 74 m |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 49 m | — | 42 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
74 m
Deepest dive
3:12
Longest dive
60
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
6
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 (85 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
- 85 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 34 m – 85 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.