HW-MN0800180 – Residency
8th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0800180 @54093
Nov 7 – Dec 4, 2024 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov – Dec 2024
66 m
Deepest dive
3:10
Longest dive
71
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 27
- Deepest dive on record
- 66 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 7, 2024 | 55 m | — | 32 m |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 80 m | — | 64 m |
| Dec 2, 2024 | 59 m | — | 37 m |
| Dec 3, 2024 | 79 m | — | 66 m |
| Dec 4, 2024 | 39 m | — | 26 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
66 m
Deepest dive
3:10
Longest dive
71
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
27
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 (79 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Dec 3, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 79 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 39 m – 80 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 3.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.