HW-MN0805021 – Residency
8th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805021 @136006
Nov 8, 2025 – Jan 5, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
70 m
Deepest dive
2:36
Longest dive
67
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 58
- Deepest dive on record
- 70 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 8, 2025 | 45 m | — | 34 m |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 81 m | — | 70 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 58 m | — | 23 m |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 65 m | — | 32 m |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 45 m | 15.3°C | 36 m |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 63 m | 14.8°C | 50 m |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 82 m | 14.8°C | 24 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
70 m
Deepest dive
2:36
Longest dive
67
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
58
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
DeepPlace
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
- 45 m – 82 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.8°C – 15.3°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.