HW-MN0805592 – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805592 @148793
Nov 25 – Dec 18, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov – Dec 2025
65 m
Deepest dive
2:50
Longest dive
56
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 23
- Deepest dive on record
- 65 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 25, 2025 | 30 m | — | 27 m |
| Nov 27, 2025 | 28 m | — | 25 m |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 37 m | — | 25 m |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 54 m | — | 32 m |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 85 m | — | 65 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
65 m
Deepest dive
2:50
Longest dive
56
Dives
16 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
23
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 (85 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 18, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 85 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 28 m – 85 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.