2025 November – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
2025 November @143055
Aug 12 – 24, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Aug 2025
27 m
Deepest dive
1:40
Longest dive
70
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 12
- Deepest dive on record
- 27 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2025 | 20 m | — | 17 m |
| Aug 15, 2025 | 28 m | — | 25 m |
| Aug 17, 2025 | 24 m | — | 19 m |
| Aug 19, 2025 | 30 m | — | 27 m |
| Aug 24, 2025 | 39 m | — | 16 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
27 m
Deepest dive
1:40
Longest dive
70
Dives
13 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
12
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 (30 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Aug 19, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 30 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 20 m – 39 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.