HW-MN0805615 – Residency
7th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805615 @148961
Nov 28, 2025 – Jan 18, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
63 m
Deepest dive
2:35
Longest dive
81
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 51
- Deepest dive on record
- 63 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 28, 2025 | 23 m | — | 19 m |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 33 m | — | 27 m |
| Dec 10, 2025 | 48 m | — | 43 m |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 79 m | — | 19 m |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 79 m | — | 63 m |
| Jan 17, 2026 | 63 m | 17.9°C | 50 m |
| Jan 18, 2026 | 84 m | 18.2°C | 35 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
63 m
Deepest dive
2:35
Longest dive
81
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
51
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 (79 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 18, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 79 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 23 m – 84 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.9°C – 18.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.