HW-MN0805764 – Residency
8th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805764 @150380
Dec 27, 2025 – Jan 8, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
60 m
Deepest dive
2:51
Longest dive
99
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 12
- Deepest dive on record
- 60 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 | — | 34 m |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 81 m | — | 60 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 45 m | — | 33 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 42 m |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 82 m | 15.6°C | 26 m |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 82 m | 14.8°C | 57 m |
| Jan 6, 2026 | 93 m | 15.2°C | 41 m |
| Jan 8, 2026 | 58 m | 20.4°C | 48 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
60 m
Deepest dive
2:51
Longest dive
99
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
12
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 · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 45 m – 93 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.8°C – 20.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 12.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.