HW-MN0805765 – Residency
6th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805765 @150381
Dec 27, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
43 m
Deepest dive
2:26
Longest dive
50
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 34
- Deepest dive on record
- 43 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 | — | 31 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 45 m | — | 22 m |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 45 m | — | 32 m |
| Jan 26, 2026 | 42 m | 14.3°C | 17 m |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 64 m | 14.7°C | 43 m |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 34 m | 14.6°C | 18 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
43 m
Deepest dive
2:26
Longest dive
50
Dives
15 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
34
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 (64 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 29, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 64 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 34 m – 64 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.3°C – 14.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.