Lumpy – Residency
11th sighting in South Africa
Lumpy @54045
Oct 4 – 11, 2026 · South Africa
Spring Shelf Delight
Twice this spring, same lazy water, and it felt just right.
52 m
Deepest dive
1:56
Longest dive
22
Dives
- Sightings
- 2
- Days between first and last sighting
- 7
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 81 m | — | 52 m |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 69 m | — | 50 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
52 m
Deepest dive
1:56
Longest dive
22
Dives
18 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
7
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 (81 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Oct 4, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 2 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 69 m – 81 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 4.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.