MRIWU-00176 – Residency
3rd sighting in South Africa
MRIWU-00176 @148832
Nov 25, 2025 – Feb 3, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2025 – Feb 2026
42 m
Deepest dive
2:10
Longest dive
26
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 70
- Deepest dive on record
- 42 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 | 60 m | — | 33 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 58 m | — | 42 m |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 56 m | 15.5°C | 33 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
42 m
Deepest dive
2:10
Longest dive
26
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
70
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 (58 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 29, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 58 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 56 m – 60 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.5°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.