HW-MN0805012 – Residency
6th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805012 @135994
Oct 7, 2025 – Jan 18, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Oct 2025 – Jan 2026
64 m
Deepest dive
3:03
Longest dive
61
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 103
- Deepest dive on record
- 64 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2025 | 30 m | — | 27 m |
| Nov 27, 2025 | 95 m | — | 35 m |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 62 m | — | 47 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 58 m | — | 47 m |
| Jan 18, 2026 | 73 m | 18.2°C | 64 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
64 m
Deepest dive
3:03
Longest dive
61
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
103
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 (73 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 18, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 73 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 30 m – 95 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 18.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.