HW-MN0805815 – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805815 @150462
Nov 27, 2025 – Jan 5, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
58 m
Deepest dive
2:13
Longest dive
69
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 39
- Deepest dive on record
- 58 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 2025 | 17 m | — | 15 m |
| Nov 29, 2025 | 52 m | — | 39 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 62 m | — | 51 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 42 m |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 71 m | — | 58 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
58 m
Deepest dive
2:13
Longest dive
69
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
39
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 (71 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 5, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 71 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 17 m – 71 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- 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 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.