HW-MN0805751 – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805751 @150366
Dec 27, 2025 – Jan 17, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
55 m
Deepest dive
2:23
Longest dive
66
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 21
- Deepest dive on record
- 55 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 27, 2025 | 62 m | — | 55 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 45 m | — | 34 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 62 m | — | 51 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 41 m |
| Jan 17, 2026 | 85 m | 14.1°C | 43 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
55 m
Deepest dive
2:23
Longest dive
66
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
21
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 (62 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 27, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 62 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 45 m – 85 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.