HW-MN0805796 – Residency
7th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805796 @150421
Dec 27, 2025 – Jan 6, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
81 m
Deepest dive
2:45
Longest dive
115
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 10
- Deepest dive on record
- 81 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 | 105 m | — | 32 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 45 m | — | 36 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 34 m | — | 31 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 38 m |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 45 m | — | 36 m |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 63 m | 14.8°C | 40 m |
| Jan 6, 2026 | 93 m | 15.2°C | 81 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
81 m
Deepest dive
2:45
Longest dive
115
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
10
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 (93 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 6, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 93 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 34 m – 105 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.8°C – 15.2°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 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.