HW-MN0806068 – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0806068 @151294
Dec 11, 2025 – Feb 7, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026
83 m
Deepest dive
3:13
Longest dive
86
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 58
- Deepest dive on record
- 83 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 11, 2025 | 60 m | — | 55 m |
| Jan 13, 2026 | 69 m | 16.0°C | 58 m |
| Jan 26, 2026 | 83 m | 15.1°C | 48 m |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 99 m | 16.4°C | 83 m |
| Feb 7, 2026 | 82 m | 16.8°C | 45 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
83 m
Deepest dive
3:13
Longest dive
86
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
58
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 · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 60 m – 99 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.1°C – 16.8°C
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 14.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.