HW-MN0805762 – Residency
4th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805762 @150378
Dec 27 – 31, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025
32 m
Deepest dive
1:33
Longest dive
37
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 4
- Deepest dive on record
- 32 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 | — | 26 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 62 m | — | 22 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 28 m |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 45 m | — | 32 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
32 m
Deepest dive
1:33
Longest dive
37
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
4
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 · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 45 m – 62 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.