HW-MN0801430 – Residency
4th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0801430 @84016
Nov 7, 2025 – Jan 6, 2026 · South Africa
South Africa · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
64 m
Deepest dive
2:35
Longest dive
56
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 60
- Deepest dive on record
- 64 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, 2025 | 52 m | — | 18 m |
| Nov 11, 2025 | 64 m | — | 55 m |
| Dec 12, 2025 | 333 m | — | 64 m |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 45 m | — | 40 m |
| Jan 6, 2026 | 93 m | 15.2°C | 38 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
64 m
Deepest dive
2:35
Longest dive
56
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
60
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 (333 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 12, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 333 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 28.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 45 m – 333 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.2°C
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km – 28.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.