HW-MN0805652 – Residency
6th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805652 @149502
Dec 9, 2025 – Jan 18, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
66 m
Deepest dive
2:43
Longest dive
63
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 40
- Deepest dive on record
- 66 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 9, 2025 | 17 m | — | 15 m |
| Dec 9, 2025 | -15 m | — | — |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 34 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 62 m | — | 55 m |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 78 m | 15.0°C | 66 m |
| Jan 18, 2026 | 84 m | 18.2°C | 31 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
66 m
Deepest dive
2:43
Longest dive
63
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
40
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 (78 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 5, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 78 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.0°C
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- -15 m – 84 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.0°C – 18.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.