HW-MN0805662 – Residency
6th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805662 @149603
Dec 9, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
68 m
Deepest dive
2:20
Longest dive
93
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 52
- Deepest dive on record
- 68 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 27, 2025 | 62 m | — | 47 m |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 81 m | — | 68 m |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 61 m | — | 56 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 16 m |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 34 m | 14.6°C | 29 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
68 m
Deepest dive
2:20
Longest dive
93
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
52
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 · Dec 28, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 17 m – 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.6°C
- Distance from shore
- 1.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.