HW-MN0800052 – Residency
7th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0800052 @35438
Nov 2 – Dec 29, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov – Dec 2025
76 m
Deepest dive
2:48
Longest dive
99
Dives
- Sightings
- 7
- Days between first and last sighting
- 57
- Deepest dive on record
- 76 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 2, 2025 | 93 m | — | 63 m |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 96 m | — | 76 m |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 52 m | — | 30 m |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 61 m | — | 47 m |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 61 m | — | 56 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 59 m | — | 36 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 45 m | — | 19 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
76 m
Deepest dive
2:48
Longest dive
99
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
7
Sightings
57
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 (96 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Nov 3, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 96 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 18.0 km
Across the residency · 7 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 45 m – 96 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 19.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 7 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.