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Samaná Bay

NA-7668 – Residency

2nd sighting in Samaná Bay
Fluke of NA-7668
NA-7668 Confirmed in the catalog @10713
Mar 24 – 27, 2026 · Samaná Bay

Warm Water, Old Name

Turned up south this spring — some crossings still feel worth making.

14 m
Deepest dive
1:17
Longest dive
20
Dives
Sightings
2
Days between first and last sighting
3

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Mar 24, 202628 m26.9°C14 m
Mar 27, 202614 m27.0°C12 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Mar 24, 2026 — seafloor 28 m (measured), deepest dive 14 m (modelled)Mar 24Mar 27, 2026 — seafloor 14 m (measured), deepest dive 12 m (modelled)Mar 27

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

14 m
Deepest dive
1:17
Longest dive
20
Dives
8 m
Avg dive depth
2
Sightings
3
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
0255014 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (28 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Mar 24, 2026

measured
Seafloor depth
28 m
Sea-surface temperature
26.9°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 2 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
14 m – 28 m
Sea-surface temperature
26.9°C – 27.0°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NOAA OISST sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 2 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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