HW-MN0800495 – Residency
5th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0800495 @74429
Dec 29, 2024 – Jan 19, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2024 – Jan 2025
62 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
31
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 21
- Deepest dive on record
- 62 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 29, 2024 | 56 m | — | 33 m |
| Jan 4, 2025 | -10 m | — | — |
| Jan 9, 2025 | 86 m | — | 62 m |
| Jan 19, 2025 | 54 m | — | 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
62 m
Deepest dive
2:18
Longest dive
31
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
21
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 (86 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Jan 9, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 86 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 17.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- -10 m – 86 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 17.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.