HW-MN0801695 – Residency
8th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0801695 @86505
Dec 17, 2023 – Jan 21, 2024 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2023 – Jan 2024
76 m
Deepest dive
2:51
Longest dive
41
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 35
- Deepest dive on record
- 76 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 17, 2023 | 56 m | — | 49 m |
| Jan 7, 2024 | 80 m | — | 66 m |
| Jan 11, 2024 | 94 m | — | 76 m |
| Jan 21, 2024 | 85 m | — | 65 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
76 m
Deepest dive
2:51
Longest dive
41
Dives
28 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
35
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 (94 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
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Where this happened · Jan 11, 2024
measured- Seafloor depth
- 94 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 7.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 56 m – 94 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 13.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.