HW-MN0805582 – Residency
6th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805582 @148726
Nov 24, 2025 – Feb 7, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2025 – Feb 2026
64 m
Deepest dive
3:13
Longest dive
49
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 75
- Deepest dive on record
- 64 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 24, 2025 | 42 m | — | 27 m |
| Nov 29, 2025 | -19 m | — | — |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 62 m | — | 49 m |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 99 m | 16.4°C | 64 m |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 64 m | 14.7°C | 51 m |
| Feb 7, 2026 | 82 m | 16.8°C | 49 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
64 m
Deepest dive
3:13
Longest dive
49
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
75
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 (99 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 27, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 99 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- -19 m – 99 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.7°C – 16.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.