HW-MN0804950 – Residency
10th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0804950 @134833
Nov 24, 2025 – Jan 14, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
72 m
Deepest dive
2:21
Longest dive
113
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 51
- Deepest dive on record
- 72 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 2025 | 58 m | — | 47 m |
| Nov 27, 2025 | 46 m | — | 38 m |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 61 m | — | 45 m |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 81 m | — | 72 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 57 m | — | 48 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 45 m | — | 40 m |
| Jan 14, 2026 | 37 m | 15.7°C | 30 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
72 m
Deepest dive
2:21
Longest dive
113
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
51
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 (81 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Dec 28, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 37 m – 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.