HW-MN0805568 – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805568 @148555
Nov 22 – Dec 11, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov – Dec 2025
50 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
51
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 19
- Deepest dive on record
- 50 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 22, 2025 | 18 m | — | 16 m |
| Nov 24, 2025 | 61 m | — | 50 m |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 56 m | — | 45 m |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 37 m | — | 29 m |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 53 m | — | 37 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
50 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
51
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
19
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.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Nov 24, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 61 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 18 m – 61 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 5.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.