HW-MN0800653 – Residency
14th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0800653 @76910
Nov 25 – Dec 14, 2024 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov – Dec 2024
63 m
Deepest dive
2:59
Longest dive
142
Dives
- Sightings
- 8
- Days between first and last sighting
- 19
- Deepest dive on record
- 63 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 25, 2024 | 69 m | — | 57 m |
| Nov 25, 2024 | 46 m | — | 41 m |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 93 m | — | 62 m |
| Dec 11, 2024 | 74 m | — | 63 m |
| Dec 11, 2024 | 60 m | — | 51 m |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 41 m | — | 27 m |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 42 m | — | 30 m |
| Dec 14, 2024 | 78 m | — | 46 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
63 m
Deepest dive
2:59
Longest dive
142
Dives
21 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
19
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 (74 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Dec 11, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 74 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km
Across the residency · 8 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 41 m – 93 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 2.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.