HW-MN0805951 – Residency
6th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805951 @150871
Dec 29, 2025 – Jan 17, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
69 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
101
Dives
- Sightings
- 6
- Days between first and last sighting
- 19
- Deepest dive on record
- 69 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 29, 2025 | 61 m | — | 48 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 45 m | — | 31 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 30 m |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 65 m | 14.8°C | 53 m |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 82 m | 14.8°C | 61 m |
| Jan 17, 2026 | 82 m | 14.1°C | 69 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
69 m
Deepest dive
2:49
Longest dive
101
Dives
20 m
Avg dive depth
6
Sightings
19
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 (82 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 17, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 82 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.1°C
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 6 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 45 m – 82 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.1°C – 14.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 10.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 6 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.