HW-MN0805001 – Residency
7th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805001 @135835
Nov 24, 2025 – Jan 25, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
67 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
79
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 62
- Deepest dive on record
- 67 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 | 42 m | — | 37 m |
| Nov 29, 2025 | 23 m | — | 21 m |
| Nov 29, 2025 | -43 m | — | — |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 83 m | 15.8°C | 52 m |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 97 m | 17.0°C | 67 m |
| Jan 25, 2026 | 74 m | 18.1°C | 40 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
67 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
79
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
62
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 (97 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 2, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 97 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- -43 m – 97 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.8°C – 18.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.