HW-MN0805656 – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805656 @149512
Dec 4, 2025 – Feb 22, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026
50 m
Deepest dive
2:37
Longest dive
38
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 80
- Deepest dive on record
- 50 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 4, 2025 | 72 m | — | 43 m |
| Feb 7, 2026 | 81 m | 16.8°C | 50 m |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 8 m | 13.9°C | 7 m |
| Feb 20, 2026 | 15 m | 15.8°C | 14 m |
| Feb 22, 2026 | 17 m | 16.6°C | 13 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
50 m
Deepest dive
2:37
Longest dive
38
Dives
13 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
80
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 (81 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Feb 7, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 8 m – 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.9°C – 16.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.