HW-MN0805968 – Residency
4th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0805968 @150948
Dec 30, 2025 – Jan 27, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
67 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
63
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 28
- Deepest dive on record
- 67 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 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 24 m |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 82 m | 14.8°C | 67 m |
| Jan 5, 2026 | 65 m | 14.8°C | 48 m |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 99 m | 16.4°C | 65 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
67 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
63
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
28
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 5, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 82 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 10.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 46 m – 99 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 14.8°C – 16.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.