HW-MN0805702 – Residency
4th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805702 @150018
Dec 16, 2025 – Feb 7, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026
69 m
Deepest dive
2:59
Longest dive
42
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 53
- Deepest dive on record
- 69 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 16, 2025 | 37 m | — | 34 m |
| Jan 26, 2026 | 84 m | 15.1°C | 48 m |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 99 m | 16.4°C | 46 m |
| Feb 7, 2026 | 81 m | 16.8°C | 69 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
69 m
Deepest dive
2:59
Longest dive
42
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
53
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 · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 37 m – 99 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.1°C – 16.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 16.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.