HW-MN0805395 – Residency
3rd sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805395 @146934
Nov 2 – Dec 28, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov – Dec 2025
74 m
Deepest dive
2:36
Longest dive
57
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 56
- Deepest dive on record
- 74 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 2, 2025 | 93 m | — | 61 m |
| Dec 21, 2025 | 61 m | — | 20 m |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 62 m | — | 46 m |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 81 m | — | 74 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
74 m
Deepest dive
2:36
Longest dive
57
Dives
24 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
56
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 · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 61 m – 93 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 19.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.