HW-MN0806045 – Residency
7th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0806045 @151255
Jan 13 – Feb 7, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Jan – Feb 2026
69 m
Deepest dive
3:11
Longest dive
56
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 25
- 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2026 | 69 m | 16.0°C | 38 m |
| Jan 17, 2026 | 85 m | 14.1°C | 63 m |
| Jan 24, 2026 | 71 m | 13.0°C | 59 m |
| Jan 26, 2026 | 69 m | 14.3°C | 42 m |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 99 m | 16.4°C | 69 m |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 34 m | 14.6°C | 22 m |
| Feb 7, 2026 | 81 m | 16.8°C | 49 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
3:11
Longest dive
56
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
25
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 (99 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Jan 27, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 99 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 16.4°C
- Distance from shore
- 11.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 34 m – 99 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 13.0°C – 16.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 11.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.