HW-MN0805609 – Residency
6th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805609 @148810
Nov 25 – Dec 30, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov – Dec 2025
54 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
65
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 35
- Deepest dive on record
- 54 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 | 57 m | — | 46 m |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 63 m | — | 47 m |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 72 m | — | 54 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 61 m | — | 51 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 62 m | — | 53 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 40 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
54 m
Deepest dive
2:28
Longest dive
65
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
35
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 (72 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Dec 4, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 72 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 46 m – 72 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.