HW-MN0805515 – Residency
7th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805515 @147606
Nov 8, 2025 – Jan 14, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
52 m
Deepest dive
2:23
Longest dive
116
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 67
- Deepest dive on record
- 52 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 | 59 m | — | 48 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 3 m | — | 3 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 61 m | — | 52 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 45 m | — | 23 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 42 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 62 m | — | 43 m |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 45 m | — | 40 m |
| Jan 14, 2026 | 37 m | 15.7°C | 29 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
52 m
Deepest dive
2:23
Longest dive
116
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
67
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 (61 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 29, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 61 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 3 m – 62 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.