HW-MN0801825 – Residency
4th sighting in South Africa
HW-MN0801825 @89298
Dec 7 – 8, 2022 · South Africa
South Africa · Dec 2022
56 m
Deepest dive
2:40
Longest dive
38
Dives
- Sightings
- 4
- Days between first and last sighting
- 1
- Deepest dive on record
- 56 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 7, 2022 | 27 m | — | 18 m |
| Dec 7, 2022 | 45 m | — | 37 m |
| Dec 8, 2022 | 62 m | — | 56 m |
| Dec 8, 2022 | 62 m | — | 52 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
56 m
Deepest dive
2:40
Longest dive
38
Dives
17 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
1
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 (62 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
Deep Effort Score
DeepPlace
Where this happened · Dec 8, 2022
measured- Seafloor depth
- 62 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 8.0 km
Across the residency · 4 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 27 m – 62 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- —
- Distance from shore
- 6.0 km – 8.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.