HW-MN0801492 – Residency
19th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0801492 @84278
Dec 16 – 30, 2025 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2025
96 m
Deepest dive
2:53
Longest dive
46
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 14
- Deepest dive on record
- 96 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 16, 2025 | 37 m | — | 34 m |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 109 m | — | 96 m |
| Dec 29, 2025 | 45 m | — | 28 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 46 m | — | 36 m |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 62 m | — | 57 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
96 m
Deepest dive
2:53
Longest dive
46
Dives
22 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
14
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 (109 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Dec 27, 2025
measured- Seafloor depth
- 109 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 9.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 37 m – 109 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 3.0 km – 9.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.