HW-MN0805756 – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805756 @150371
Dec 27, 2025 – Jan 14, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
39 m
Deepest dive
1:53
Longest dive
35
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 18
- Deepest dive on record
- 39 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 | — | 36 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 26 m | — | 24 m |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 45 m | — | 39 m |
| Jan 12, 2026 | 38 m | 15.1°C | 35 m |
| Jan 14, 2026 | 37 m | 15.7°C | 17 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
39 m
Deepest dive
1:53
Longest dive
35
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
18
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 (45 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Dec 31, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 45 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 26 m – 62 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.1°C – 15.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 5.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.