HW-MN0805650 – Residency
3rd sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805650 @149500
Dec 7 – 11, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025
25 m
Deepest dive
1:13
Longest dive
26
Dives
- Sightings
- 3
- Days between first and last sighting
- 4
- Deepest dive on record
- 25 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 2025 | 48 m | — | 25 m |
| Dec 10, 2025 | 48 m | — | 20 m |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 60 m | — | 21 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
25 m
Deepest dive
1:13
Longest dive
26
Dives
13 m
Avg dive depth
3
Sightings
4
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 (48 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 7, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 48 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km
Across the residency · 3 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 48 m – 60 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 6.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 3 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.